At just 21 years old, Emma Thompson got her start in comedy, joking about the pressure for women to be thin.
Fast forward thirty five years and things are totally, completely different.
Women can look however they want on screen, and the saying “the camera adds ten pounds” hasn’t been uttered by a film professional in years, and every single shape and size is accepted as beautiful.
Oh, wait, so sorry, it actually hasn’t changed at all. It’s exactly the same. My bad.
Now 57, Thompson, who is quite frankly a bloody international treasure, has taken aim (once again) at Hollywood’s “evil” anorexia problem.
“It is evil what is going on out there and it is getting worse,” she said on Swedish chat show Skavlan.
“The anorexia – there’s so many kids, girls and boys now, and actresses who are very, very thin into their 30s, who simply don’t eat. They don’t eat,” she said.
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Emma Thompson has always been a role-model for actors and women in our dysfunctional, fashion-driven society.
From her wacky performances in "The Young Ones" to her lovely, nuanced performance as the sad but understanding wife in "Love Actually " & beyond.
Of course she's right about the horrendous pressure placed on actors to be shockingly thin. Why is that ?
Women don't look better when they're thin & gaunt - they look downright "unfortunate".
I'm not talking about those women who's bodies reflect their state of health - I'm talking about those who deliberately starve themselves.
I think that most women when they're past that age when they lose that youthful "newness" (it's an individual thing ) really suffer when they've over-dieted and have been desperate to retain that size 8 arse.
Does your arse look big in that ?........Does it matter - I mean really !
Very thin faces have no soft plumpness - and it's usually that plumpness that's so appealing........particularly to men, apparently.
I have a theory and it's a bit sinister. Those Hollywood producers/directors who insist on their actors having body-shapes that resemble 11yr olds - what's their story ? What 'd'ya reckon ?
Women should be waking up now to the way FEAR is being used by the Fashion & Entertainment / Music industries to coerce them into serving the appetites of people with deeply unpleasant agendas.
BE Emma Thompson .......be that and protect your vulnerable & impressionable younger sisters from a world of hurt at the hands of vicious creeps.
She is an absolute gem.