stupid.

But I will watch it just to see Ms Wilde. Who wouldn't?

As for Jack Black... why do they always cast him in the SAME ROLE?

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I clicked on this article and "read" it -- meaning my eyes swept over the words in about a third of a second, I absorbed none of them and . . . wow, nice picture . . . then I went back and read it and was like "WHAT?? *gags a little*" Not to be a hetero-phobe or whatever, but really, ew.

*sighs* Marissa and Alex. Good times, good times...

Double standards make me want to choke somebody, =/...

...and all was well, and the world smiled.

so what? put him in a nice suit and let her schlub down a bit and this might work. i dont think he is that ugly, as well as she isnt extremly pretty. to pick pics, where he plays one of his schlubby roles and of her, where shes all bushy tailed and sunshine and state, that THAT is a mismatch is easy. how about finding a real pic of him and a real one of her and then talk again?

women in this world do still rather impress with beauty, while its money and safety, that attracts them in men - not that i like it, but thats how it still works and why these films work like this too.

OK, I admit that my standard of beauty for men is skewed dramatically by the fact that I don't wish to sleep with them. Any of them. Ever. But, as repulsive as I find "schlubby" men, they are not the reason I'm queer.

Olivia Wilde? She is the personification of the root of all lesbianism!

"Think Sideways"

Actually, I think it's just because us women here at AE don't see "schlubby" or um, relatively less beautiful women the same way others do. Okay, take Tilda Swinton for example - she's a huge hit here, or at least a favourite among many of us, but a lot of straight men and women think she's not very pretty and looks like a man. other people might insult kd lang for being huge, but all we see is heavenly voice (or maybe it's just me?) So I just think that what some other people might see as a schlubby woman, we see it as beautiful? gaah, NOT that Tilda Swinton is schlubby in any, any way. I love that woman. But do I make sense? Perhaps the female counterpart to schlubby isn't schlubby as well.

And so maybe people don't see Jack Black or Seth Rogen as schlubby, I actually think they're quite cute.

But I do get your point about the double standards, I definitely agree with that. But what icks me out more is the generational gap thing. Anne heche/Harrison Ford? Catherine Zeta-Jones/Sean Connery? UGH! Why can't you ever pair Johnny Depp with someone his own age? Why can't women above 35 get leading roles? Now THAT makes me mad.

I liked Jack Black on School of Rock. and that's about it.

I don't think he's attractive, I don't think he's that funny, either! I saw The Holiday, and didn't fall for his character at all. In Shallow Hal, I thought he was just idiotic. I didn't even bother to see the trailer for Nacho Libre. It's INSULTING for any latinamerican. (yes, I refuse to use the term "latina" on myself...)

But I don't think it's his problem! He's just cast in those stupid roles/movies... And maybe it's his problem a little for taking them, but if it's all he's offered, then he doesn't have any other option.

These pairings are just the "trend" now... Just like before it was (and still is somewhat) the whole generational gap thing (like miss chatelaine so accurately pointed out above).

The only time this has been reversed, is in real life with the whole Demi - Ashton pairing. I think this should be emulated on film!

and sorry for all the parenthesis, that's just how I roll... hehe

You can't have a schlubby gilr/hot guy thing in the movies because there are no schlubby girls in hollywood. The Cinderella story is going to always be around because that's all they have to work with. The only way they're gonna get schlubby is through some baggy, unflattering clothes, glasses, or a fat suit. They've even tried the makeup free look; but, really, how many women in Hollywood are willing to go makeup free for long, especially in a romantic comedy?

Hollywood is always going to be about beautiful women and women trying to become beautiful (because some moron made them think they weren't beautiful).

The traditional stereotype is that men are attracted to looks and women are attracted to personality. I've rarely seen a hot guy with an schlubby woman; I've seen plenty of schlubby with schlubby. I've also seen plenty of schlubby guy with hot woman.

The stereotype is that men will only get into relationships with someone of equal or better looks. Women have different standards of beauty or will value other personality traits over someone's looks.

Again, this is hollywood, where schlubby usually equals director/producer. Someone on another thread talked about people writing about what they know. This is what hollywood knows. I don't expect them to make movies about schlubby women with hot guys because it just doesn't happen in Hollywood.