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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?
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Why Are Tv Shows And Movies Predjudice Against Fat People?
Monday, February 22nd, 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/highschoolmusical/index?pn=bios#t=finalists&d=122992 (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?
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How Many People Know Others Who Give Their Babies/children Benadryl, Just To Make Them Sleep?
Saturday, February 20th, 2010This seems very, very dangerous to me as babies/children should NEVER be given any drugs unless they are ill.
I’ve heard giving benadryl or cough syrup to put their babies into a drug induced sleep. How many of you do it, or know others who do it? How many people think this is very dangerous?
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How Do I Make All My Songs Have Genius On My Ipod?
Friday, February 19th, 2010How Can I Make This Essay More Convincing And A Stronger Mechanically/ Organization Wise?
Friday, February 19th, 2010Also How can I make it where the paper doesn’t make it seem like all famous people have to be perfect and can be condemed for something
Celebrities Are Ruining Today’s Youth
On the morning of July 7th 2007 eight divers discovered the lifeless body of 18 year old David Griego at the bottom of a 25 foot Greely pond in Denver, Colorado. County police revealed that the young teen had drowned imitating a stunt he had seen on the widely popular MTV show, Jackass, which features celebrities like Johnny Knoxville performing various crude and self-injuring stunts and pranks. Although, Griego’s story is only one of the many celebrity influenced deaths that we hear about, he is part of a growing statistic of young teens that have been negatively influenced by celebrities. While some people dismiss the growing trend of youths looking to celebrities for role models as a stage of adolescents, they fail to see the deeper truth (Halpern 25). Celebrities, highlighted by their athletic skills, musical talent, and acting abilities, are also negative influences to the youth of society, and should be held responsible for their actions.
Youth today are constantly bombarded with news of panty less celebrities like Britney Spears, and Paris Hilton or exposed to concerts where 16 year old Miley Cyrus is allowed to dance in a mini skirt, and gyrate on stage while singing about cheating boyfriends. Wearing skimpy outfits has become a part of celebrity culture and its influence on young girls has become apparent. “More than 70% of girls are obsessed with trying to imitate the look of a celebrity, and 30% of those girls admit to looking up to over sexualized starlets” (Brandish 9). Stores like Wal-Mart and Sears are vendors of the Hannah Montana brand which includes mini skirts with fake chains hanging off the pockets, and “micro” shorts and pants that carry the Hannah Montana logo and words like “pop star” or “rock star” on the butt. Young girls aiming to dress like Hannah Montana demand these over sexualized outfits from their parents and elicit inappropriate attention. Young Disney celebs have taken on more grown up styles. Such is the case with actors like Kike Palmer and Miley Cyrus who are only 16, yet prance around Hollywood in leather minis and stilettos. These mature styles being modeled by young starlets has little girls as young as five or six wanting to imitate their style and be “grown-up” also.
While many critics will say it is ultimately the parents who buy the skimpy clothing their kid’s wear, who is to account for the hundreds of teenage girls that hide short skirts and “boob tubes” in their backpacks only to put it on when their parents are unaware. “12 out of 20 girls say their parents have no idea what types of clothes they buy and don’t know what they wear to school”(Halpern 30).
Girls are not the only victims when it comes to the negative influence of celebrities, boys are also impacted. Famous rap artist P. Diddy proudly sells his trademarked “Bitchassness” shirts with his junior Sean John collection, which is marketed to young males. His marketing tactics have boys as young as 12 years old requesting where they can purchase this shirt that glorifies bad grammar and curse words. And Diddy, a father to 4 boys as young as 13 makes a quick buck while young boys get the notion that curse words are appropriate. According to Jake Halpern, author of the book Fame Junkies, “in 2002, celebrity-endorsed clothing labels accounted for 6 percent of the apparel industry; in 2005, it jumped to 10 percent,” and “analysts predict another 15 percent rise by 2009” (Halpern 14).
In addition to glorifying obscene language, celebrities also influence how young boys wear their clothes. The “baggy shorts” epidemic has hit every middle school and high school in the form of teen boys. Young boys walk around in baggy shorts because they see rappers like Lil’ Wayne and Jay-z make sagging seem cool. These rappers never considered that they are promoting a style once associated with “gay” men in prison.
Mike Males a writer for the San Diego Greenhaven Press argues that, “celebrities don’t influence America’s youth and shouldn’t hold the blame because parents should be the role models” (Males 1). If this is true why have so many celebrities come out with clothing and perfume lines that bear their name? Celebrities know that their name carries consumer appeal, and influences kids to buy a certain shirt or rock a certain pair of kicks. Celebrities also know what they are getting into when they take that first acting gig. If you didn’t want to be looked at by young kids as a role model why start off on a network geared towards kids. Why not start off on soap operas mainly viewed by adults. P. Diddy knows that he is a role model to young boys, so why market a shirt that advertises a cuss word you wouldn’t want your own son repeating in a junior clothing line. Diddy could have easily marketed that shirt to adult men who h