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[-] burgersc12@sh.itjust.works 86 points 10 months ago

I mean, he's not the ugliest girl I've ever seen

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 59 points 10 months ago

Also....like...I never questioned that he was a girl until I learned this factoid as an adult. So often when they put a man in drag for comedic effect you instantly know you are looking at a man but this kid passes yo.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 18 points 10 months ago

sometimes I do look at women - even attractive women - and see a man's face in a moment of contextual disassociation. And vice versa. And I think about how maybe men and women don't really look facially that dissimilar, there's just a lot of context that affects our perception.

I am terminally bisexual though so maybe thats part of it.

[-] applebusch@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

I'm sorry to hear that. How long do you have?

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago

depends whether you're reading my grindr profile or my medical records

[-] Kiwi_Girl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Are you saying you lied about your height?

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

well a biologicial physical dimension anyway

[-] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 3 points 10 months ago

Not bisexual, still notice that

[-] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Fuck. You're right. A very interesting insight. Thank you for that. I honestly didn't appreciate how easily primed I can be.

[-] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Because drag is an exaggeration and not really trying to pass. If it's for "comedic effect" they don't want them to pass anyways, because "man dressed as woman haha funny" gets confusing for cisheteros when he actually looks good.

[-] frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 68 points 10 months ago

When I was a kid, I would've thought it was hilarious to be mistaken for an ugly girl. Can't speak for this kid, but it looks like he had fun with it.

[-] kemsat@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago

Nah, he probably had sisters, or cousins, or nieces, and he understood he had to take that one for the team. He’s proud today. He tells the story & laughs!

[-] remotedev@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago

He's at an office Christmas party listening to boring stories and pipes up "yea, well I was buzz's gf in home alone!"

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago

Probably paid for his college.

[-] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Look at that photo. It's such a small part, but he posed for a great photo. I only notice as an adult who has tried to take a photo of kids. Man, they don't know how to "smile naturally" or take any direction. Then this kid nails "smile like you like me against my wishes" or whatever direction was given.

[-] platypus_plumba@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago

"So they used a picture of the Art's Director unattractive son"

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Conservatives: cancel Home Alone, it's grooming children!

[-] ashok36@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

I mean, OK for not picking some random girl and mocking her particularly but what about all the girls in the audience that look like the kid? It's still a pretty fucked up joke in retrospect.

[-] ZeroTHM@lemmy.world 48 points 10 months ago

Are we supposed to pretend that ugly kids don't exist or something?

[-] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

I don’t think the problem was the photo, the problem was the reaction of disgust, and the fact that the whole purpose of the photo was to laugh at the ugly person. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say maybe that’s not the best way to go

[-] Krauerking@lemy.lol 5 points 10 months ago

I love it. You need someone who is gonna be ok with being the butt of an ugly joke and being in on it is better than not. So the kid put on a wig and makes the silliest face he can for a one off and they get to brag they are in the movie in silly way and no one is hurt by it.

Or would you prefer they go to the union for ugly actors?

[-] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Did you read what I wrote at all?

[-] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 18 points 10 months ago

We don't have to act like being ugly is a character flaw or that there's anything wrong with dating an ugly person.

[-] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Yes. In today's world, everyone is beautiful no matter what is what you're supposed to say.

Not that being mean for being means she is good, but the directors made a good call, I think.

[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Directors son, woof

[+] xia -7 points 10 months ago

It's not mean if it's degrading men.

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Can you imagine casting for "Ugly Girlfriend?" Can you imagine being the girl who got the part? Can you imagine being a girl who got turned down for the part, especially if the mean kids in middle school found out? "haha did you hear Stephanie is too ugly to get cast as 'Ugly Girlfriend' in the John Hughes movie!"

They're not degrading men. They just know that if someone finds out that boy was the ugly girlfriend photo, the worst insult they can reasonably make out of it is "dude, you're an ugly girl." To which the boy can say, "yeah, that was the whole point."

This men's rights nonsense is stupid, but even more stupid when the complaint itself doesn't make sense.

[+] BaardFigur@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

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[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Men having rights is not stupid. "Men's Rights" is stupid, because we already have them. Any man who has fewer rights than a woman in modern society is discriminated as such because of something about them other than their gender.

It's like fighting for the rights of drivers of passenger cars on the road, or the rights of cute puppies to be adopted from the pet shop. It's like owning the Extended Edition of Lord of the Rings and demanding a scene that was in the theatrical cut. It's like buying a cheeseburger at McDonald's and specifying that you want it to include beef. It's like playing Smash Bros against level 1 CPUs with all weapons on and complaining that you didn't get the hammer. It's like fighting for LeBron's right to play basketball; to wit, nobody's stopping him.

I'm strong enough in my masculinity that I don't have to pretend to be oppressed just to feel good about myself.

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