Why Are Tv Shows And Movies Prejudice Against Fat People?
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010How many times do you see a fat person make it far in a reality show?
How many times do you see a fat person play a “normal” person in a tv show, or a movie. In shows you see on disney channel, abc family, or nickelodeon, “The Fat Kid” is either a bully, or a loser. Why can’t they just be a normal person?
I, myself, am quite overweight and it kind of hurts to see that Fat People still are not quite accepted into society.
Yes, ANTM had a plus sized winner, but in my opinion, she was normal size.
I do though, admire that on that “High school musical: get in the picture” reality show, they had a “bigger” male make it pretty far, but i was quite disappointed to see he was eliminated.
http://abc.go.com/primetime/highschoolmu… (he is anthony acito. just in case you were curious)
Anyhow, what I am getting at, is why are we still predjudice against heavier people? Its nice that every once in a while, a show has A fat person, but I dont get it. Why does hollywood portray them in such a negative way?