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Thursday 19 april 2018

Review: Amy Schumer tackles body image, and it’s complicated

By JOCELYN NOVECK noyed some people, who
AP National Writer say that if Schumer epito-
If you’ve ever walked into mizes unattractiveness,
a store and were embar- what about the rest of us?
rassed to tell the salesper- Still, the actress is plenty
son your real size, or en- believable as an average-
tered the gym locker room looking, Spanx-wearing
and wanted to hide, you’re woman who aspires to look
part of the target audi- more like the Amazonian
ence for Amy Schumer’s “I supermodels she runs into
Feel Pretty.” at SoulCycle, and at the
Whatever age or gender cosmetics company where
you happen to be. she works, relegated to an
Self-esteem issues related offsite basement in China-
to body image are, without town.
doubt, a social epidemic What’s less believable is the
— a painful and danger- overly negative reaction of
ous one, for many girls and some of those around her.
young women. A pretty saleswoman im-
And there’s nothing con- mediately approaches Re-
troversial about that mes- nee in a chic clothing store
sage, though judging by and says, “You can prob-
some of the heated online ably find your size online.”
reaction to the trailer for “I This image released by STX Films shows Aidy Bryant, from left, Busy Philipps, and Amy Schumer in A baby even breaks into
Feel Pretty,” you’d think the a scene from “I Feel Pretty.” tears at the sight of her. OK,
film was proposing a new Associated Press that’s a little much.
conspiracy theory about Schumer, and its heart is in ily over-the-top moments. a young woman who looks In any case, one day at
JFK’s assassination. the right place. It also fea- Not to mention a sappy in the mirror and doesn’t SoulCycle, Renee has an
The real problem with “I tures a truly terrific comic ending that actually comes like what she sees. What accident. She hits her head
Feel Pretty,” written and di- turn by Michelle Williams close to contradicting its she sees, is, well, Amy — three times! — falls un-
rected by Abby Kohn and (drama, musicals, now own premise. Schumer — and that’s one conscious, and wakes up
Marc Silverstein, is not in its comedy — is there any- Schumer is Renee Bennett, of the things that has an- thinking she’s beautiful.q
message or conception, thing she can’t do?) On
but in its ragtag execution. the minus side, it muddles Theron’s not leaving the U.S.
On the plus side, it’s often a its message with an over-
pleasantly entertaining ride stuffed script, choppy edit-
with the always appealing ing, and some unnecessar- due to racism but is concerned

By RYAN PEARSON
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charl-
ize Theron isn’t leaving the
United States over racism
concerns. But the white
South Africa-born actress,
who has adopted a black
daughter and son, says: “I
am constantly concerned
about the safety of my
kids. I don’t know a parent
who’s not.”
Theron was quoted in an
Elle magazine interview
published last week saying In this March 6, 2018 file photo, Charlize Theron arrives at the Los
that she wouldn’t travel to Angeles premiere of “Gringo” at Regal L.A. Live.
parts of the United States Associated Press
with her family due to wor- the extreme of a statement Yeah — and that I am wor-
ries over racism, and that that is not how I feel at all,” ried about my children’s
she had thought about she said. “I have two beau- future. I think we all are as
leaving the country to keep tiful children who are my parents.”
her children safe. priorities. ... We are living in Theron spoke while pro-
The 42-year-old actress and a time where we have to moting her motherhood-
producer said in interview start vocalizing and talking focused movie,
Tuesday with The Associ- honestly about things that “Tully,” due in theaters on
ated Press that her com- are going on. ... And we May 4. Directed by Jason
ments were “taken to the also have a right to vent Reitman, it features Theron
extreme” in media reports. about that stuff. as an overwhelmed moth-
“I was trying to share an I’m not leaving the coun- er of three who forms a
honest moment of what try. But I can share with bond with a young nanny,
my thought process some- people that I’ve thought played by Mackenzie Da-
times is. And it was taken to about that. You know? vis. q