TV shows are sometimes criticized for lack of realism due to most of the cast being too good looking. What is a show that has mostly normal looking people? (feddit.org)

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[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago

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I hate when they do a biopic and cast an actor who is much better looking than the actual person.

Tonya Harding was plain at best and certainly nowhere near as gorgeous as Margot Robbie

[-] HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

I remember when the Aileen Wuornos movie came out, my first thought was, "The kindest thing ever done for this woman was having her be portrayed by Peyton List."

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Leona Helmsley has entered the chat.

The real one.

https://www.advocate.com/news/2007/08/21/hotelier-leona-helmsley-dubbed-queen-mean-dies-87

The woman they got to play her.

https://www.wallofcelebrities.com/celebrity/suzanne-pleshette/pictures/suzanne-pleshette_326300.html

[-] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

I suspect the ugliness was contributory to her nastiness, so it really was wrong to cast a beauty in the role

What happened to making it clear who was good and who was bad by good being pretty/handsome and bad being ugly?

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

https://bookshop.org/p/books/red-as-blood-tales-of-the-sisters-grimmer-tanith-lee/14214058?ean=9781479447473&next=t

This book takes all the Disney princesses and makes them the baddies. Snow White is a vampire and Cinderella is a witch who drives the poor Prince insane.