You know what has always really bothered me?
I have not yet seen a movie, where there’s a tall girl (taller than the boys of said movie) who is not portrayed as weird. I have never seen a movie, where tall girls are around and small guys without it being a big joke or them being weirdos. And it bugs me!
Take Iron Man for instance. Here we have Pepper and Tony:
Iron Man is clearly portrayed taller than Pepper... however, if you look at the actor’s real height:
NB: Sorry for the Danish, ‘højde’ means height
Gwenyth Paltrow is taller than RDJ (yes, only a centimeter, but it still matters)
Why does this bother me?! Because we don’t see this is the movie! We never see girls being taller than their boyfriends, we never see a small guy or a tall girl in movies being normal people... which we are. And yes, on average men are taller than women... but that doesn’t mean that the media should force it down people’s throats, that every relationship in a movie is between a guy who is taller than the girl, that a tall girl is weird or that a small guy is weak, because THAT IS NOT THE TRUTH!
We have come so far in showing diversity; people of color, gay people, fat people, thin people etc...
But we don’t show height. A small guy can be a hero, a tall girl can be cute!
And guess what? You don’t get to choose how tall you are! You can’t change it! As a tall girl myself, I have often felt ‘too big’ or ‘wrong’ because I’m taller than all the boys (actors as well) and ‘I will never find a boyfriend, who is taller than me’. Well now I’ve realized that it doesn’t matter, and so should the movie industry! The thing that gets manipulated with the most in movies are probably height! Because it seems that it’s taboo, if a girl is taller than a boy!
Wake up! In the real world, tall girls are normal and small guys are as well.
Dear Movie industry; please don’t make all guys seem taller than girls, if they aren’t in real life, because you are sending a message, about how tall one should be, and that is not something anyone can control. You have come so far in showing different people as main characters... Now please, show us the real height of the actors playing them. Show us the diversity in height! Show us that girls can be taller than boys and still be normal!