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In the article "Flick Chicks: A guide to women in the movies" by Mindy Kaling (http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2011/10/03/111003sh_shouts_kaling#ixzz1d3RnU4se)
it talks about how women were depicted and portrayed in the common romance film. Not only was this humorous in the different ways women were formed, but it was nothing but the truth. How many of you have ever heard of the movie "Pretty Woman"?
The article covers eight different types of woman that are commonly seen in the more modern romance films, but what the article didn't cover was the different woman in the good romance films such as "Pretty Woman". Julia Robert stars as the main character who is a prostitute and engages in an epic love with Richard Gere. Gere needs someone to escort him to social events and this is where Julia Roberts comes into the scene. Disregarding the whole plot of this movie, Julia Roberts portrays a character who is a real woman. She may be a prostitute, but she is also beautiful, smart, and on the inside is a woman who is just like every other woman walking these streets(but not really being a prostitute); that character is a good set-up for a romance film.
The most common girl I have seen throughout all the chick flicks as explained in the article is The Skinny Woman Who Is Beautiful and Toned but Also Gluttonous and Disgusting. We all go through breakups or the common stressful factor men can inflict upon us, but cannot we not agree that most of us gain at least three pounds after that, unlike the girl in the film? It bothers the heck out of me about how skinny woman can be in movies and still engorge in a tub of ice cream. I really hope that romance films can start to gear away from this typical scene and engage is in a more loving scene.
It's been a while since I've seen a good chick flick romance film and the good ones are usually based off of the author Nicholas Sparks' books ("The Notebook"). Hopefully Mindy Kaling can brainstorm a good romance film that will come to theaters and women can finally engage themselves in realistic and awesome romance film.
Watch "Pretty Woman" and love life,
April
I agree with you completely about the skinny chick never gaining after eating half her weight in comfort food. I think that the character in a chick flick also depends on the actress. For those who are always beautiful, I feel as if I cannot connect with her in the film compared to actresses who do not ooze sex out of their pores twenty-four-seven.
ReplyDeleteHaha! "do not ooze sex out of their pores twenty-four-seven" too... friggen funny!
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