I wanted to point out this scene from Men in Black (1997), a good example of fat shaming in popular culture that, I think, would no longer be acceptable, 17 years later.
(relevant section from 0:29 to 0:52)
Basically Will Smith tells a morbidly obese co-worker to fuck off and use the Stairmaster. Watching this blew my mind - I can't imagine Hollywood greenlighting something like this in 2014. The U.S. obesity rates began accelerating rapidly in the early 1990s - this film was released about five years later. Perhaps a more enlightened screenwriter saw what was happening and chose to fight back in his own small way.
Are there any other fat shaming examples that would no longer be acceptable today?
(relevant section from 0:29 to 0:52)
Basically Will Smith tells a morbidly obese co-worker to fuck off and use the Stairmaster. Watching this blew my mind - I can't imagine Hollywood greenlighting something like this in 2014. The U.S. obesity rates began accelerating rapidly in the early 1990s - this film was released about five years later. Perhaps a more enlightened screenwriter saw what was happening and chose to fight back in his own small way.
Are there any other fat shaming examples that would no longer be acceptable today?