Casting plus-size stars in rom coms is more important than you think. Here's why:
Though lighthearted at the surface, romantic comedies play a vital role in many of our lives, molding the way we view love and showing us a playful version of what our future could hold. But for plus-size women and men like myself, that has never been the case…until now.
For decades, plus-size characters were rejected from rom coms, stuck in secondary comedic roles or not written into films altogether. If a plus-size character did star, in fact, their storyline likely centered on them finding love after weight loss or discovering inner happiness due to a drastic body transformation.
All that began to change, however, when I finally started to receive the positive representation I craved for so long: Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray, Martha Cox in High School Musical, Willowdean in Dumplin’, Ned Leeds in Spider-Man: Far From Home.
Plus-size rom coms are more than just entertainment. They are immensely impactful works of art changing the future for boys and girls like me who, for so long, have been told that love comes once you get skinny and not a moment before. We may not have a plus-size version of The Notebook yet, but what we do have has proven to be a great start in the right direction.
If my story is any indication, we’re on the right path towards showing that fairytale endings are attainable far beyond a size zero.
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