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Originally Posted by gordner
Were you outraged when all the magazine covers were unattainably thin people who were equally unhealthy on the other end of the spectrum?
I don't agree with normalizing obesity either, but if you are looking to the media for body image assurance, you've gone off track already, "normal" will never be the popular look.
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IDK about that. Casting in movies these days is a lot different than the early eras. Watching a Netflix series called "Designated Survivor" I saw a character that was a wheelchair user and by his movements it was pretty obvious he had a real motor skills deficiency or was a hell of a body movement actor. And what would be the point of that anyway if you can find a disabled actor of which I imagine that there are many.
Many 'fat' actors cast in serious roles that don't necessarily need that stature to make the character. I'm not saying we will ever tire of the Jenifer Anniston's but real world looking people are now the 'norm'.