'I Was Unobservant': Director Of 'Love Actually' And 'Bridget Jones' Regrets Weight Jokes

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'I Was Unobservant': Director Of 'Love Actually' And 'Bridget Jones' Regrets Weight Jokes
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The British filmmaker was publicly challenged Sunday by his 28-year-old daughter Scarlett over the many jokes about weight in the movies “after Scarlett told her 66-year-old father that there’s been growing criticism in recent years “around the ways your films treated women and people of colour.”“I remember how shocked I was five years ago when Scarlett said to me, ‘You can never use the word ‘fat’ again.

Scarlett spoke about the “inappropriate boss behavior” in the movie, and noted that her father’s depictions of women were generally tantamount to “visions of unattainable loveliness.”Curtis himself previously said he was “sorry to lose” the only gay storyline while directing his script. The end product features 10 heterosexual love stories and a primarily white cast., vows to “lose 20 pounds” and is criticized by numerous characters who say things like: “I thought you said she was thin?” Zellweger’s character is established asthat she hates to be asked about gaining weight for the film, and hates to be applauded for losing it., referring to the character of Bridget.

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