The "Ugly" Friend Trope: Who Gets To Be Hot or Not | Explained скачать в хорошем качестве

The "Ugly" Friend Trope: Who Gets To Be Hot or Not | Explained

Every on screen friend group usually has the ‘hot one’, which often means that someone ends up being designated as the ‘ugly’ one (though, of course, since this is Hollywood, she’s almost always still conventionally attractive.) The so-called ‘ugly friend’ often exists on the sidelines as a way for the story to highlight how special and cool the ‘hot’ friend is, but when she is put in the center of the narrative, she can provide a great exploration of the real problems caused by society’s ridiculous beauty standards. So let’s take a deeper look at this detrimental trope and where it sprang from, the way that it makes it clear how arbitrary (and nonsensical) media and our society’s ideas around beauty are, and why thankfully movies and shows are finally leaving it in the past. Join our Patreon to unlock the members-only series “Total Take," vote on what we cover next, and more:   / thetake   Read articles on film, TV and culture: https://www.the-take.com Follow our socials: https://linktr.ee/thisisthetake CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:47 How Hollywood decides who is "ugly" 02:43 Who gets to be desired 03:43 How the trope affects how people see themselves irl 04:42 The 'ugly duckling' narrative 05:11 Friends' Monica 06:03 Don't need to be a 'swan' to be happy 09:50 Leaving the concept of "ugly" behind The Take was created by Debra Minoff & Susannah McCullough This video was produced/written/narrated/edited by Jessica Babineaux Movies & shows mentioned/shown in this video: Mean Girls Friends Jennifer's Body Bridgerton My Mad Fat Diary The DUFF Freaks and Geeks Clueless New Girl Mad Men Dumplin' Gossip Girl Pitch Perfect Bridesmaids Vampire Diaries She's All That The Princess Diaries The Craft Shrill How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Jawbreaker