The Daily Scandalmonger "Scandalmonger Diaries" Ah, the snobbery of Hollywood. Who is to say that acting skills need not to apply, is it only for the thin, beautiful and lucky? Fat Actress Premieres in early 2005 on Showtime Showtime has prearranged "Fat Actress," a six-episode, half-hour amalgam comedy and reality series starring two-time Emmy Award winner Kirstie Alley. This show is an actuality depicting her life. The show was inspired by Alley's bona fide actual life, said Robert Greenblatt, President of Entertainment for Showtime Networks Inc. Alley puts her real life experiences on air and recreates them in the utmost, radical, half-hour amalgam comedy. Some may recall the all so famous tabloid picture takers that shot an image of "Alley" not looking her "Hollywood" best. The Hollywood filter of actors is eroding fast, and we hope they are hip enough to throw up all possible embankments. So, what ever happened to acting as a stipulation in making a score on getting a pilot, a screen test, or better yet a movie? I think Alley is an icon a "legend" and has achieved such stature, so why does Hollywood hold her up to public scrutiny? Put on a few pounds and your OUTTA here mentality is going to be short lived! For now I guess we have to settle for the crme de la crme as a visual "Icon" but as much as we are up for the Reality Tv why not apply that rule to a Hollywood Movie, give or take a few pounds? No pun intended Alley! Is this a manner of elitism in contemporary "Hollywood" and the discriminating qualities in all of us or is it only "Hollywood"? |
