The other day in class we watched a couple different skits
from the TV show Saturday Night Live.
The main focus of comedic attention was focused on Melissa Mccarthy. Melissa Mccarthy is one of the newer up
and coming comedic females who can bring people to tears with the hilarious
characters she portrays. There is
no doubt that Melissa Mccarthy is a truly funny person, but the point was
brought up that we might be laughing at her for the wrong reasons.
The
point was brought up that maybe we were laughing at her body image and not her ridiculous acting
style. Is it possible the audience
could subconsciously be finding it funny because she is a larger woman? If it had been a more stereotypically
attractive woman acting in the same fashion would it hold the same comedic
weight?
After
taking both sides into consideration and analyzing what about the skits I found
to be funny, I firmly believe her body image has nothing to do with the amount
of humor. I thought about the skit
where Melissa Mccarthy is throwing herself at another coworker and tried to
think of similar examples. In the
movie Horrible Bosses, Jennifer
Aniston plays a dentist who is obsessed with her coworker. Jennifer Aniston is skinny and would be
considered attractive by modern day society standards. The fact of the matter is that both Melissa
Mccarthy & Jennifer Aniston play crazy woman who are obsessed with a co-worker
and they are both absolutely hilarious.
For me the body type these actresses bares no weight on how funny they
are.
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