I'd like to lodge an official protest at the on-going frumpification of Kevin James, easily one of the most handsome men in movies these days, but one who is carving quite a career playing every kind of man were not supposed to want. He's obviously participating pretty hard in the frumpifying, so I shan't rant too hard, not to mention he's funny and can pull stuff off, but still, when you line em all up together: Hitch? (clueless about women) I Now Pronounce You.. (clueless faking gay) Paul Bl*rt? (dorky mall cop) K*ng of Queens was dorky too, and had a lot of bad thematic through-lines that were sort of in the same vein, but at least he was, you know, a husband.
It's sort of the...JohnBelushification, if not the frumpification, I guess. And I'm not claiming anything too noble here other than my own...er...interest. But still. Must every plumpy fattish dude be such a farce? A hilariously out of control 'regular guy' we think we know everything about? It's such a stereotype, period. If I were a guy, I'd be ticked. By the end of his career Belushi was starting to play sweet romantic roles...hope that happens here too.
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Our local alt. paper actually dissed his latest film because it was based entirely on the sheer hilarity of fat people doing things. (Paraphrasing here) "Look! A fat person running! Look! A fat person talking to a female! Look! A fat person...doing stuff." I don't know why fat people living their lives is considered somehow inherently hilarious.
Each time I see him I think--didn't you do stand up? Weren't you a personal trainer at one point in time? Like, don't you have a history as a human being and therefore more to offer? He bores the shit out of me, which is sad, 'cuz he's pretty.
Elizabeth, as usual, you are spot on. That man is a demi-god being reduced to the court jester to induce laughs in the insecure populous.
It's times like this I wish I wrote fan fiction.
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