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Related: About this forumMelissa McCarthy's Response to a Sexist Reporter Deserves a Standing Ovation
Melissa McCarthy's Response to a Sexist Reporter Deserves a Standing Ovation
Melissa McCarthy is hardly the first actress to face criticism for her appearance. Fat-shaming actresses has become something of a national past time. But rather than remain silent or lash back at her critics, McCarthy is taking a truly commendable approach: She's trying to educate people through kindness.
McCarthy told Entertainment Weekly about one such interaction with a harsh reviewer at the Toronto Film Festival in a May 15 interview an interaction she again described on The Ellen DeGeneres Show Wednesday. The reviewer in question openly admitted to essentially writing, as McCarthy puts it, "How dare women not look beautiful, perfect and attractive in a movie?" and that McCarthy in particular was only good when she looked attractive and shouldn't let her husband direct her because he allowed her to appear "hideous."
In response, Melissa McCarthy, badass that she is, threw this sexist, insulting point of view right back at the reporter. "Would you do that to a man?" She asked the reporter, explaining that the choices she made about her character, including her appearance, were deliberate and intended to reveal important parts of her personality and development.
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Finally, the reporter got it and admitted that he would never want that to happen. McCarthy took that opportunity to drive her point home, advising that the reporter put more thought into the way he writes about women.
"Just know every time you write stuff, every young girl in this country reads that and just get a little bit chipped away," McCarthy said.
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In an ideal world, reporters would stop objectifying actresses altogether. But until then, hopefully other actresses will follow McCarthy's lead and rather than ignore these sexist comments, push back on them in equally inspiring ways.
http://mic.com/articles/118856/melissa-mc-carthy-shuts-down-sexist-reporter-with-straight-up-kindness
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Melissa McCarthy's Response to a Sexist Reporter Deserves a Standing Ovation (Original Post)
niyad
May 2015
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(5,842 posts)1. GOOD FOR HER!
I saw "Tammy" and while it was a little corny in spots, she was absolutely terrific. Until that movie I had only seen her in small skits. I was impressed that she allowed her full self to totally integrate into the role, and that includes looking horrible when it was called for.
She's just terrific.
niyad
(113,306 posts)2. thank you. I had no idea to what movie that idiot "reporter" was referring.