Surlysomething
In Remembrance
I found this on CNN. Pretty interesting read.
This part struck a chord:
"It's not just true of overweight people," she said. "You never see unattractive people on TV or movies without it being an issue. It could be someone with bad skin, or a limp or a burn, anything that's not visually perfect we have to bring up, or it has to be like a third character."
"When we watch TV or movies, we feel like we need an explanation when we are not staring at a beautiful person," Pasulka added. "If there is anything physically imperfect about the person we are staring at on the screen, we don't expect it and we need to know why."
This part struck a chord:
"It's not just true of overweight people," she said. "You never see unattractive people on TV or movies without it being an issue. It could be someone with bad skin, or a limp or a burn, anything that's not visually perfect we have to bring up, or it has to be like a third character."
"When we watch TV or movies, we feel like we need an explanation when we are not staring at a beautiful person," Pasulka added. "If there is anything physically imperfect about the person we are staring at on the screen, we don't expect it and we need to know why."
