Comments on: Rex Reed Says Melissa McCarthy Bases “Career On Being Obnoxious And Fat,” Invokes Constitutional Right To Be A Jerk

By: Debra Formola

Debra Formola — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 01:28:14 +0000

In reply to Debra. Formola. I don\'t remember saying this ...but there may be another Debbie Formola reading my mind

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 12:28:57 +0000

In reply to Sencho. You are absolutely right-se is stealing material from Chris and John and its supposed to be funny cuz shes female this time-its stolen bits and she cant even do it right-at least the other two had depth-shes horrible

By: Anderson

Anderson — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

Now, more than ever, more critics and more journalists ( and more twitter people) have agendas. If they don't like celebrities , they will nitpick and try to find many ways to personally attack celebrities and trash their work. This whole social media has made it okay to bully famous people.

But, to be fair, Melissa McCarthy has hit it big by being a female version of John Candy, and many of the jokes are about her character's sloppiness and her big frame. So, McCarthy should not be upset nor angry , because she is playing these stereotypical fatty roles for big laughs. I hope Melissa tries to diversify and portray different roles.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

This old queen's opinion hasn't been relative since I was in high school.

By: Nigrodomus

Nigrodomus — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

Well, the motherfucker be right. That right there is a big fat bitch.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

I love Melissa McCarthy but honeslty, anyone can act. It not rocket science.

By: Sencho

Sencho — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

BETH:

Should we assume then that you have an eidetic memory for Rex Reed reviews? I mean, you're remember a very long time back to recall with such ease Mr. Reed's comments on two former SNLers who haven't been in a film (or among the living) in about 20 years.

And spare us the "bully" card. We all know what a real bully is, and it's not an aging Hollywood gossip taking jabs at a mediocre comedienne who makes money from being fat (a la Kevin James).

By: beth

beth — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

Funny, I don't recall Rex Reed doing this type of review of John Candy's work or calling John Belushi's weight into question when speaking of his comedic skills. Tell me, Rex…is is only fat women you are so critical of??? I said it once and I will say it again…Rex Reed is a BULLY and should be ashamed of exercising his "constitutional rights" to back his inexcusable actions up!

By: Sencho

Sencho — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

Reed said McCarthy is "a gimmick comedian who has devoted her short career to being obese and obnoxious with equal success". You can't blame Rex for telling the truth. I said much the same thing about her just last week, although I think my words were "I guess she's supposed to be funny because she's fat."

McCarthy is John Candy, Chris Farley, etc. … except that she's still breathing and overeating.

By: Clay

Clay — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

Who cares. She is hilarious. How many women base their career off of being talentless but insanly hot. A hell of a lot more talentless women are on screen for being hot, than fat women are for being talented.

By: Miller

Miller — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

Well, if it is his constitutional right to call someone a 'hippo' then it's my constitutional right to call him a bitter old queen.

By: Camp

Camp — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

Roseanne. Barr.

By: No

No — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

No one has really paid that much attention to Rex Reed, not since he acted in one of the worst films of all times: "Myra Breckinridge," was about a transexual before transexualizing became accepted as normal. He played "Myron."

By: Superzoom

Superzoom — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

These comments by Rex Reed are coming from a hack who is both overweight and obnoxious. I am guessing that his comments on Melissa McCarthy's weight stem from Reed's sense of self-loathing.

Melissa McCarthy is a comic genius who happens to be large. She has every right to explore that comedically, just as other comedians get to reference their own race/religion/unfortunate-plastic-surgery/whatever (Note: This is not an endorsement of "Identity Thief").

By: John Michaels

John Michaels — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

. . . we love her because she's fat. . . her humor is based on her being fat. Is she funny, yes, talented yes, a solid comedic actor, yes . . . but we cherish her because she's "doesn't care about her body image."

So if you praise her for her weight she can be equally critiqued for it too.

And while we do need a counter-point to some of the waif like actress out there, we also need to be aware that Melissa's success is a bad image to support, too.

By: d

Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

I don't remember anyone saying he didn't have a constitutional right to write what he did. What a dumbass.

By: Idi 'Big Daddy' Amin

Idi 'Big Daddy' Amin — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

Melissa McCarthy isn’t a poor comic actor because she’s overweight; she’s a poor comic actor because all her humour relies on her being overweight.

Look at, for example, John Candy. His roles could have been played by anybody, they were just funny and well-written. Louis Tully in Ghostbusters, for example, was a role written for Candy. It eventually went to Rick Moranis, who was about as far away from Candy’s physique as it was possible to get.

Don’t hate Melissa McCarthy because she’s fat. Hate her because she’s not funny.

By: fat pig

fat pig — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

She looks like a fat pig. Especially with that pig nose. And she\’s not
even funny. She\’s trying too hard to be funny, and it just feels forced
and obnoxious.

By: Douche

Douche — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

I love the passive aggressive tactic movie bloggers utilize to dismiss a persons completely valid and sound opinion. McCarthy DOES use her weight as a tool for comedy. Anyone who deny that is clueless.

By: AS

AS — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

And you're telling me Zack Galfinakas isn't partly funny because how horrible he looks? Get over yourself, whatever makes me laugh…doesn't matter how.

By: Elle

Elle — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

Melissa McCarthy was amazing as a regular on Gilmore Girls for 7 years, and her role in that show had zero references to her weight or her appearance at all. Just because she reached a wider audience by playing a stereotypic role on Bridesmaids doesn't mean that her entire career has been made up of such roles.

By: Robyn Miller

Robyn Miller — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

With that nose you have alot of nerve!!!!!!! I always told my daughter that those that made fun of her had problems. Believe me Rex you don't like yourself, or you would not attack others. Really what matters in life? Beauty comes from the inside, IT is not outside that matters. GET A LIFE!!!!! AND APOLOGISE!!!!TO MELLISSA!!!!!

By: Bobby wow

Bobby wow — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

Rex Reed is a miserable little man who has made a living critizing others who create for a living. He should probably kill himself. At least he could be remembered for that one betterment of humantiy.

By: Trig Ryder

Trig Ryder — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

If Melissa wasn't as fat as she is, she would not be starring in this movie. She lets other ppl use her size as a source of humor. She being fat is part of the joke, both in this movie and in Bridesmaids. I don't see why ppl are so angry at Rex Reed for referencing her weight, when part of the reason ppl laugh during those movies is the underlying fact that a fat woman is performing those "comedic" acts.

By: Chellie

Chellie — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:59 +0000

No one even remembered (or cared) who Rex Reed was before he spouted his drivel. In neither "Bridesmaids" nor "Identity Theft" is Melissa's weight mentioned or used for comic purposes. She's funny & she does physical comedy well. Rex Reed is old & does bitchy queen well.