MovieChat Forums > I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2006) Discussion > problem? he won't date fat WOMEN!

problem? he won't date fat WOMEN!

posted 15 years ago by tlynn_33
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Why has no one else seemed to notice this? I'm NEVER the first to notice the sexism in movies. I'm not even a feminist and in fact hate most of their BS. But this movie was extremely sexist.

I was really looking forward to seeing it. I like Curb Your Enthusiasm. I like weird movies with weird titles. I like Sarah Silverman. I even like fat guys.

I was disappointed at first just with the thrown-together feel of the movie. Trying to do the Curb Your Enthusiasm listless walk down the street doesn't work in a movie. There has to be a point.

And at the end, the point is, this guy is lonely because women won't date fat guys.

But the real point is, THIN women won't date fat guys. I'm sure if James were open to dating larger women he'd find a really nice girl right away. But that's not what HE wants because HE "don't want no FAT CHICKS"! He's just as shallow as the women who reject him.

The only "real" women in the movie are his mom and the lame-ass women in that stupid weight-loss support group. But I bet he's walking down the street and passing women left and right who he doesn't even see because they're... his size. Or even thinner but not Silverman-thin.

So, this is a movie that's supposed to make you feel bad for this poor lonely guy, but what about all the lonely women who can't find a good relationship because they're even a little overweight or some other nit-picky thing! When was the last time you saw a fat girl with a hot guy??? Why should we feel bad for a fat guy who can't get a hot girl??? And he DOES in the end! He gets freakin' BONNIE HUNT!!!

By the way, I'm a size 12--the ever-debated "is a size 12 fat" size. And I'm way thinner than Jeff Garlin!!!

And if you think Bridget Jones' Diary is the fat woman's version of I Want Someone to Eat Cheese with because a 140lb Renee Zellweger got used and then found a decent guy--you're off by a good 200 lbs!!!!

ADDENDUM: Apparently this post has caused responders to question me personally and try to psychoanalyze me instead of focusing on my argument. For the record: Without posting a nude shot, I will describe myself physically: I'm an average height and weight, and I have a somewhat athletic, booty- AND boobylicious physique.

THIS: http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/diewogeklimschns8.jpg

NOT THIS: http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/MC2-3.jpg

The former image is what used to be considered hot until Twiggy. The latter is the female equivalent to Jeff Garlan.

And I'm not a depressed singleton. I'm happily married to a fitness nut who thinks I'm hot as hell. (He's a T&A guy, and he "likes me for me," to use a worn-out phrase AND song lyric at once.) I don't consider myself a fat chick who landed a hot guy. I am a "normal" chick who landed a "normal" guy. I've been warned about generalizing, but yes, it's NORMAL to be an average weight, to be happy with that, and to be with a guy who thinks it's hot. And it's normal for a guy to like tits and ass. :P

So this is a rant, yes, like a lot of posts on message boards, but it's not because I'm insecure. It's because I have a brain and can see craziness for what it is and it pisses me off. Why does that have to signal mental instability? FKCU!

CASE IN POINT: http://cine-o-rama.blogspot.com/2009/03/rubenesque-comedians.html

All the guys seen here in bodysuits have been in movies where they were with "hot" (thin) women or are with "hot" (thin) women in real life. If they want to challenge stereotypes, why not show the world that they don't hold women to the same standards that they themselves eschew?

[–] eddiebaby73 11 years ago

I also think it's pretty silly that in films and TV, fat guys are frequently pared up with thin women. It seems to be some kind of a law in sit-coms. In real life though, I don't think women are any different from men in this regard.

I'm a guy who practically lives in a gym. I'm athletic and don't have an ounce of fat. I have a profile on a dating site and who does about 90% of the messages I get come from? Fat women. I've had to block some of them. I just think when it comes to dating, most people are not realistic. It even seems to get worse when they get older.

[–] rondine 11 years ago

I'm not going to even read the other people who wrote stupid stuff back to you.

I agree. Most overweight guys don't date skinny women. Some of this is Hollywood created too. If you think of shows like "King of Queens" with Kevin James, the overweight guy always has a beautiful, slender woman. I could put out more show examples, but you all know they are out there.
If you are Jack Nicholson (older, pudgy guy) you get to date Lara Flynn Boyle. It goes back to that, there are fewer of them than us. AND to that whole guys date younger girls because they CAN.

I agree with you about actually challenging stereotypes. Hollywood rarely does.

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[–] Eve_of_Destruction 11 years ago

problem? he won't date fat WOMEN!

Yeah really. Maybe then he could find that special someone to eat cheese with.

@Balki Not that you meant this but many women become fat after child birth, which could be why you see so many fit men with heavy women. Good looking men normally do not date fat woman unless they are chubby chasers.

I have no children so I am not speaking from experience only observation of friends / sisters etc who gained weight.

Not sure why you are so angry with the OP because if you watch many movies or TV shows there are way more ugly/fat men with skinny women than the opposite. ie: Woody Allen, George Castanza, John Candy, the Soprano guy, Shallow Hal's Mauricio, King of Queens, the Flintstones, the Honeymooners, Fred Mertz etc.

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