For Actresses, Is a Big Appetite Part of the Show? Absolutely, bring on the Oscar for BEST DIPE (Documented Instance of Public Eating, a fantastic term coined by film publicist, Jeremy Walker). Essentially, actresses (or more accurately, their publicists) book interviews with journalists over lunch or dinner, and make a big display of ordering and eating and mentioning of their love for huge portions of highly caloric comfort food. The actresses are usually young, thin, and HOT.
Seems like a big racket to me. Eating with gusto suggests a large appetite for other things sensual, while dispelling any rumors of an eating disorder, and keeping her mouth conveniently full during those pesky, probing questions. A win-win-win, for the actress, at least. The rest of us get taken. I think it's shameless.
And the nominees are:
Drew Barrymore, in Harper's Bazaar: "I actually really love to lie in bed, watch TV, be a total sloth, and eat my favorite food: Kraft macaroni and cheese. Last night I was watching ‘The Next Food Network Star,’ eating mac and cheese, and feeling grand."
Mila Kunis, in Esquire: "This is a woman who, while watching ‘Super Size Me,’ had such a craving for McDonald’s, she had to pause the DVD in the middle and track down a Big Mac."
Padma Lakshmi, in Esquire: "I like the crispy, curly, crunchy, maple-coated, caramelized, blackened slowly kind of bacon on the back of a greasy grill at a five-dollar diner at 4:00 A.M."
Cate Blanchett, in Vogue: "Blanchett announces that she’s famished and orders salmon and spinach, adding at the last second a side of Parmesan fried courgettes to start. A suggestion that we split the courgettes is met with uncertainty. 'I think we’d each better get our own,' she says, 'or things could get ugly.'"
These skinny, beautiful women have got some lusty appetites. As for me, I'm not gonna bite.
Seems like a big racket to me. Eating with gusto suggests a large appetite for other things sensual, while dispelling any rumors of an eating disorder, and keeping her mouth conveniently full during those pesky, probing questions. A win-win-win, for the actress, at least. The rest of us get taken. I think it's shameless.
And the nominees are:
Drew Barrymore, in Harper's Bazaar: "I actually really love to lie in bed, watch TV, be a total sloth, and eat my favorite food: Kraft macaroni and cheese. Last night I was watching ‘The Next Food Network Star,’ eating mac and cheese, and feeling grand."
Mila Kunis, in Esquire: "This is a woman who, while watching ‘Super Size Me,’ had such a craving for McDonald’s, she had to pause the DVD in the middle and track down a Big Mac."
Padma Lakshmi, in Esquire: "I like the crispy, curly, crunchy, maple-coated, caramelized, blackened slowly kind of bacon on the back of a greasy grill at a five-dollar diner at 4:00 A.M."
Cate Blanchett, in Vogue: "Blanchett announces that she’s famished and orders salmon and spinach, adding at the last second a side of Parmesan fried courgettes to start. A suggestion that we split the courgettes is met with uncertainty. 'I think we’d each better get our own,' she says, 'or things could get ugly.'"
These skinny, beautiful women have got some lusty appetites. As for me, I'm not gonna bite.
i always noticed that too! they are a bunch of fakes in my opinion .. trying to be good advocates and convince people that they don't diet and almost starve to death...nice post!
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