I just saw ghostbusters. I am literally sitting here stunned and amazed. There was not one fat joke. Not a single one. I was waiting in the theater braced the entire time for jokes towards Patty and Abigail for their size, and there wasn’t a single one.
…kind of in awe, honestly.
They also showed all the ladies eating in the movie. No jokes about eating and getting fat, just, women eating food. Messily. Not sexily. Like normal people.
There was a scene with the table covered in pizza boxes after a long day. No jokes. Just, they had dinner together. Women … eating food … like normal people. Not to be sexy or make a fat joke. Because they’re humans who require food.
No cattiness over appearance, no cattiness over intelligence, no fighting over Kevin or even serious romantic interest in Kevin, just professional disagreements and otherwise ladies supporting ladies in a crisis.
It was a beautiful thing.