This is Mike and Molly. Of Mike & Molly. A new series on CBS about two fatties who fall in love. Or something. It has tag lines like, "there's a whole lot to love on Mondays," and "finding each other just might have been worth the 'weight.'"
I am 100% ambivalent about things like this. On the one hand, I'm glad that actors of different sizes are staring in sitcoms. I'm happy that there are more roles on t.v. for people of all different weights.
However, it doesn't seem very...genuine. It might be nothing more than just the ghettoization of people of a certain size. They're allowed to come to the party, but they have to stand on one side of the room. The side with reinforced floors! Zing! Especially when you consider that the show isn't just about two people who fall in love, and happen to be big, and the wacky cast of characters around them. It's about two large people who fall in love at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting and can't seem to stop eating pie.
But then again, maybe this is the first step to a broader acceptance of heavy people in leading roles. So I'm back to not knowing how to feel about this!
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Hmmm. I have the same back and forth feelings that you described. However, it seems to really swing the pendulum from one extreme (too-skinny, plastic surgery, "perfect" looking actors) to another (based on the picture, toward the extreme end of the obesity scale). I would like to see more "normal" looking people on tv - like a *gasp* size 12-18 woman. I don't know men's sizes, and let's face it, men have more range. I know they are starting to get more flack about their looks, but I don't think it's at the same level as women have dealt with.
I agree on the size 12-18 woman thing. There is no one of that size represented on tv. It's like when Jenna on 30 Rock gains some weight and Jack says that she either needs to lose 20 pounds or gain 50. Funny stuff, and true.
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