Michael Bollner in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971). The pair of chocolate lovers are the ones who save their pals in a pinch, exemplifying the film’s underdog cheerleading. Chunk, after all, is the character who frees and befriends gentle giant Sloth (John Matuszak), thanks to a mutual affinity for the ecstasy of Baby Ruth bars. He may not be the most efficient explorer, but it’s pretty tough to hate on Lawrence “Chunk” Cohen, the pudgy member of the titular gang in Richard Donner’s The Goonies. See which cake-loving whippersnappers we corralled for this list, a celebration of the filmic fat kid. It’s an archetype particularly common in kids movies, where the themes are as light-hearted as the bullies are nasty. Cinema wasn’t always keen on putting plus-size players in front of the camera, but as the medium evolved, so did the exposure, and overweight characters, however often ridiculed, became the kind of scene-stealers viewers grow to love. Rising star Jacob Wysocki plays the beefy protagonist, bringing to life the kind of character who’s notoriously, historically sidelined.
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Mary Elizabeth Williams is a senior writer for Salon and author of " A Series of Catastrophes & Miracles.Matthew Lillard joins the ever-growing line of actors-turned-directors this weekend with Fat Kid Rules the World, an adaptation of KL Going’s young adult novel about a suicidal, 296-pound teen who finds salvation in rock music. And Stern can act like a supporter of gay rights all he wants, but his snide and ignorant attitude speaks for itself. As they stand though, they're just dismissive and mean, not just to Smith but every kid who's right now hearing something similar in the cafeteria, by some wiseguy who feels he has the right to pass judgment on him and exasperatingly, pretend he's being benevolent about it. It's not that he's above mockery – I still wait in hope of Taran Killam giving us more "Very Somber" Sam Smith on "SNL." And if he were a buddy of Stern's who had taken his comments as friendly ribbing, the remarks might have a different context. He's attained something special in music history. He's also, by the way, still one of the first and only openly gay performers to achieve the kind of Billboard success he's currently enjoying.
To set the record straight, Sam Smith is, in the words of former Stern Target Lena Dunham, not that fat. He also can't be a one hit wonder because "I'm Not the Only One" is his second hit. Perhaps the 61 year-old Stern has long forgotten what it feels like to be the outsider kid walking through the school halls, waiting to be casually laughed at by the cool kids for being "effeminate." But it's the current reality for a whole lot of young people, who don't need that schtick endorsed or legitimized. And sometimes it's a simple har har har, look at that fat gay guy over there. Sometimes it's extremely aggressive acts like conversion therapy or physical intimidation.
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He's pro choice and he makes fun of Sarah Palin! He supports AIDS causes! He makes fun of homophobia all the time! Three years ago, he did a rant on his show about "what's going on out in middle America, with these anti homosexual groups and how it's affecting teens and teen suicide of gay people… They make these kids so miserable that they're killing themselves." Oh, that Howard, that's just his way of joshing around. What's more of a surprise, really, is Stern's continued and devoted following among so many liberal listeners who dismiss his bullying commentary as simply being provocative.
He's been a consistent moneymaker for the FCC, racking up millions in fines while consistently courting controversy with a regular assortment of bits involving substance abusers, porn stars and Stern-identified "retards." His observations about Smith shouldn't come as any huge surprise. Howard Stern has managed to carve out a very lucrative and more than thirty year career for himself by saying outrageous things. On Twitter this weekend he didn't address the comments directly, but did note, "Can't believe what I've just read. That's when you know you have a good song and a good voice… I'd like to get him in here and congratulate him on beating the odds." But I'm not sure Sam Smith is touched by praise. He's fat and gay and little girls worship him.
He's one of those guys I feel like, he's really good but I feel like that will be his only hit song. Not that anybody looks gay, but he does seem effeminate. On his SiriusXM show this week, he introduced British Grammy nominee Sam Smith's latest single with some wildly backhanded admiration. Howard Stern may want to reconsider that side career as a music critic.