I'm asking because with such a high proportion of obese people in america, you'd think they'd be on tv more.....
2006-08-09 02:47:08 · 18 answers · asked by kevinrogers24 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
They don't fit into the screen.
2006-08-09 02:50:22 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Penelope 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there are not as many fat people as you think. there are more fit people in America than now. you only see the fat ones because they are like a bad penny and stick out. like a car crash or train wreck on the news. you never hear about all the cars that made it to work without getting into a reck, only the ones that crash. same with the fatties, they are a small group that have the same percentage ratio on TV that they have in the population of the country.
2006-08-09 10:01:24 · answer #2 · answered by maria_cd_in_training 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fat people make up the background....... Mount Rushmoor is really three fat American t**ts sellotaped together and painted gray. The mountain in close encounters was really the superimposed neck from an American doughnut muncher too! The only true appearance of a fat American was in Ghost-busters (the Pillsbury dough boy).
2006-08-09 10:04:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we don't want to stare at fat people. Isn't it bad enough we have to look at obese people rolling around the streets during the day. TV should be our escape from that reality not a reflection of it. Do you want to see more jelly rolls every time you watch a show?
2006-08-09 10:31:24 · answer #4 · answered by jdscorrupted 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Programs in the US portray an ideal not the reality. Just look at the US version of the BBC comedy Red Dwarf where Dave Lister is a paragon not an ill-educated skiver.
2006-08-09 09:52:44 · answer #5 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the image that Americans have of themselves is not consistent with reality.
Perhaps the TV programs reflect how they want to look rather than how they are (statistically).
2006-08-09 09:53:16 · answer #6 · answered by Nothing to say? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 pts
2006-08-09 10:12:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're starting to become more popular now that wide screen TV's are more affordable.
Personally, who wants to look at a fat ***?
2006-08-09 10:25:30 · answer #8 · answered by Joe S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is the way America sees itself
2006-08-09 09:58:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fat people are ugly, and we see enough of them stuffing french fries into their faces at McDonald's. We don't need to see them on TV.
2006-08-09 09:54:48 · answer #10 · answered by heywoodjablomi1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've seen a lot of heavy people on US tv as well as british.
2006-08-09 20:03:57 · answer #11 · answered by Calamity Jane 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋