Polygon's critique of the whale

PolyPinoyPuppy:
Quite a scathing review of the movie. Things like this make me wonder if we'll ever see fat celebrated or even just accepted in our culture.

www.polygon.com/reviews/23351261/the-whale-review-brendan-fraser[/quote]

I can answer that. No, and it never will be accepted.

Fat people in Hollywood are supposed to be the comic relief. Jackie Gleason, Kevin Smith and Chris Farley are supposed to fall down and fart. Dale The Whale from Monk and Aunt Marge from Harry Potter are supposed to be laughed at. Roseanne, Pam Ferris and Dawn French are supposed to get stuck in chairs and have their shirt buttons fly off and knock people out with them. I've already ranted in the past about how sitcom fat guys are married to smoking hot wives but you never see the fat lead actress married to Chris Momoa or Chris Evans.

The only movie that ever came close to acceptance was The Heat. Why? Melissa McCarthy's weight was never mentioned once, that's about as good as its gonna get. Otherwise show me a movie or TV show where Chrissy Metz is making out with Bill Skaarsgard....you can't because it ain't happening. So when it comes to Brendan Frasier in a fat suit as "Whale" I totally expected the "ew fat ppl" motif from reviewers.

I'll review it myself for my own site. At least I'll judge it for the story, not the size of Frasier's character.
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