Super Classy Film Critic Rex Reed Calls Melissa McCarthy "Female Hippo"
The New York Observer’s Rex Reed spent the majority of his review of the film Identity Thief focusing on Melissa McCarthy’s weight.
1. Rex Reed, film critic for the NY Observer, published a scathing review of the new movie “Identity Thief” in which he attacked, more than anything else, actress Melissa McCarthy’s weight.
2. Many have come out against Reed’s review, saying it was extremely insensitive and completely uncalled for.
9. After the review began to pick up steam on social media, people have been attacking the insensitivity of Reed focusing solely on McCarthy’s weight.
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Judd Hayes 3 months agoOOPS! Didn’t mean to heart this post!!!! Rex Reed Makes me Sick! Has he looked in a mirror lately? Melissa McCarthy is a beautiful, talented, and a very funny actress. His review was nothing more than a cry for attention. He is a loser!
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emilioj 3 months agoCritics are the losers of society: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” -Teddy Roosevelt
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Catriona R. 3 months agoCurrently watching Gilmore Girls, and though this makes me sad, Sookie makes me happy.
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AdventureNeckbeard 3 months agoJust a pompous asshole who gets paid to have an opinion. This is why I don’t get the point of critics. The majority of them are nothing but gimmicks themselves.
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RhondaRenee 3 months agoHis editor is also to blame here—allowing the article to go forward knowing it would cause outrage and get them publicity and clicks. Also, this review comes from a man who once got caught shoplifting Mel Torme CDs.
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monikafoxb 3 months agoRex Reed is an insensitive, obnoxious man! You are a film critic..critique the film, not the weight of the actors. Hope Melissa McCarthy doesn’t care what he said, because he is obviously a hack!
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Ashley S 3 months agoAs a plus-sized woman myself, let me weigh in here (see what I did there?): Fat does not equal ugly. And I promise you that Melissa McCarthy KNOWS she’s fat. She’s also beautiful, and I hope she knows that.
Her appearance, however, has nothing to do with her performance. I have been a fan of hers since Gilmore Girls - she’s incredibly talented. I’m not as much of a fan of her crude characters, like in Bridesmaids, and most likely in Identity Thief. But that’s personal preference. I also wasn’t a big fan of Chris Farley, but it wasn’t because of his weight, it was because of his brand of humor. The moral of the story is that it comes across as incredibly misogynistic when a professional critic lambasts a woman over her appearance, rather than her performance. Men are not held to the same standard, and when a woman is more traditionally beautiful, her performance is noted instead. That’s not just a double standard - it’s a quadruple standard, and it sucks.
He also didn’t have to be SUCH a dick about it. -
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mimime 3 months ago
Because clearly women are only there for decoration, and if they’re not fulfilling their purpose of looking sexy then they’re just worthless. That’s what it boils down to - misogyny. (See also the vitriol aimed at historian/presenter Mary Beard for daring to have grey hair and not wear makeup.)
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baconnmeggs 3 months ago
Lol @ that bulbous nosed alcoholic saying anything about anybody’s looks!! Melissa is awesome
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Cinnamon Broom 3 months ago
Now why a “female” hippo? Doesn’t he know that half of all hippos are female to begin with? I can’t put my finger on why, but I find that even more obnoxious than the hippo part. It’s like calling someone a female genius or a female doctor or a female pilot. It’s as though the underlying assumption is that all pilots, doctors, geniuses and hippos are male, unless stated otherwise.
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#Beautiful 3 months agoShe’s overweight, but she’s not gross. She’s quite pretty. HE is gross.
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CallMeSean 3 months agoI don’t see grotesque at all. It’s not like people are turning to stone as they gaze upon her.
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