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Jennifer Lawrence: 'It should be illegal to call somebody fat on TV'
LATimes ^
| December 17, 2013, 2:44 p.m
| Nardine Saad
Posted on 12/27/2013 5:50:07 PM PST by BenLurkin
"I think when it comes to media, the media needs to take responsibility for the effect it has on our younger generation on these girls that are watching these television shows and picking up how to talk and how to be cool," the "American Hustle" star added.
"So all of the sudden being funny is making fun of the girl that's wearing an ugly dress. And the word fat! I just think it should be illegal to call somebody fat on TV. I mean, if we're regulating cigarettes and sex and cuss words because of the effect it has on our younger generation, why aren't we regulating things like calling people fat?"
When Lawrence was first cast as Katniss, a starving teen fighting for her life in a government-arranged reality show, she was criticized for being too full-figured.
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TOPICS: TV/Movies
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Hollyweird would probably make an exception for calling Rush Limbaugh fat.
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posted on
12/27/2013 5:50:07 PM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/27/2013 5:50:46 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: BenLurkin
Putting on a little weight, Jen?
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posted on
12/27/2013 5:52:53 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(From time to time the.tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.)
To: BenLurkin
Fat is the new "N' word. People know they're fat. I love when THEY say..."I've had a problem all my life"...and then say..don't call me fat.
They just finished calling themselves fat. Idiots.
To: BenLurkin
Yup. Not insults of any kind. Unless you’re White, Christian or Conservative.
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posted on
12/27/2013 5:55:21 PM PST
by
rbg81
To: BenLurkin
Another Hollywood genius who is an expert on the law and the Constitution. Obviously.
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posted on
12/27/2013 5:55:38 PM PST
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La Lydia
To: La Lydia
Maybe she’s a Christie supporter.
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posted on
12/27/2013 5:56:06 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: BenLurkin
"I just think it should be illegal to call somebody _____ on TV."Liberals will be happy to fill in the blank with their cause du jour, and make it illegal to speak out against any of their lofty goals of a socialist utopia.
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posted on
12/27/2013 5:56:23 PM PST
by
airborne
(MY HEROES DON'T WEAR CAPES. MY HEROES WEAR DOG TAGS ! ! !)
To: Blood of Tyrants
She'll probably look like Shelly Winters, someday.
But for now...I say she is NOT fat.
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posted on
12/27/2013 5:56:58 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
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posted on
12/27/2013 5:57:34 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: BenLurkin
Does she date Bill Clinton?
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posted on
12/27/2013 5:57:46 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(Wish everyone see a "Gay Kwanzaa")
To: dfwgator
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posted on
12/27/2013 5:58:21 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: BenLurkin
A IA absolutist.. Lefty variety.
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posted on
12/27/2013 5:58:36 PM PST
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jwalsh07
To: BenLurkin
How about calling the fat ones lard ass?
If you’re fat, you’re fat, and if you show yourself in public i’ll call you fat!
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posted on
12/27/2013 6:02:17 PM PST
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dalereed
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
12/27/2013 6:02:31 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: BenLurkin
How about calling someone “pretty?” Why should that not be illegal too? So much for logic or free speech. Incroyable!
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posted on
12/27/2013 6:02:57 PM PST
by
Fungi
To: BenLurkin
I wonder how many people here had their act together at her age.
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posted on
12/27/2013 6:03:22 PM PST
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: BenLurkin
She'll probably look like Shelly Winters, someday.I remember one time watching The Poseidon Adventure on TCM. During the post film monologue the host said that Shelly Winters had to put on significant weight for her character. Several actors/actresses were injured filming the movie but she said she was the only one to never recover from the film.
To: BenLurkin
Does public recognition of Cankles indicate a unPC Fatness call?
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posted on
12/27/2013 6:04:28 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: BenLurkin
What about Rosie O’donnel? After all, she IS fat.
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posted on
12/27/2013 6:09:19 PM PST
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PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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