Question:

[sun_set_bravely]

I'm surfing the Friday night network television offerings, and I see the show "Luis" for the first time. I'm pleased that Fox is expanding its vision of America. These are good steps. I mean no disrespect to the issues of racial diversity in the media.

But I will ask this question:
Why is it acceptable for a man who looks like Luis Guzman (a definite "character actor" type by mainstream standards; I might even call him Ugly if I were being judgmental) to have a self-titled primetime show -- but Sara Rue, a beautiful young life-sized woman, has to bear the indignity of a primetime show entitled "Less Than Perfect"?

This question bears serious consideration.

Comments

[theotoky.livejournal.com]

It's insane, ain't it.

This morning at the gym, I noticed Vince Naughn on the cover of Details magazine. I stared (cuz I loves me my Vince!) and noticed an article entitled "How Tony Soprano Made Heft Hip". Do you think Cosmo will ever do a similar article? No, I didn't think so either.

[sun-set-bravely.livejournal.com]

I didn't see that article. It's great that weight is being examined in some areas, but it's not enough just to examine men's weight issues. I'd guess that weight issues affect many more women than men, and yet who gets the press? Geez. We've got a lot of work to do.

[http://users.livejournal.com/lindalee_/]

what is she, a size 8?????

and,
i noticed that in every single gallery photo, she is wearing a sweater or shirt over a shirt.

pathetic.

[sun-set-bravely.livejournal.com]

It's pretty ridiculous, isn't it? She seems to be a perfectly normal woman. And the thing is -- her weight shouldn't even be an issue! And her show's title is so insulting. I think of all the women in the U.S. who see that show, with that star, and that title, and unconsciously receive the same message: "If you look like her, you, too, are less than perfect."

Yuck!

[nickelchief.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen "Luis" but I've read that it's full of dusty old ethnic stereotypes, and that it's a step backward, not forward, for network TV.