Pah! Time Bandits - the damn thing starred hat-fulls of dwarfs.
And check out the whole cast, impressive stuff.
I’m one of those few people who adores Brazil, thinks Twelve Monkeys was pure genius, can take or leave Baron Munchausen, and despises Time Bandits.
Living in Oblivion kicks Time Bandits’ sorry ass.
Daniel
Wow, that sure was uncalled for. WTF, j_kat?
It certainly was—I’m not fat, I’m big-boned!
Ooooh, Eve dahling, I just know some absolute cad is going to make a frightfully obscene joke using the words “big” and “bone” now. You know the sort of shockingly inappropriate flirting that goes on around here.
Thanks Eve, now I’ll have k.d. lang’s “Big Boned Gal” in my head all day.
If I recall correctly, Coleman never saw a single dime from his work on “Diff’rent Strokes” because his parents mismanaged his money (i.e. blew it all long before he turned 18). He sued them but no court can squeeze blood from a stone. Hence his adult work as a security guard, etc.
My point is that Coleman is worthy of enormous sympathy, rather than making easy short jokes or making fun of him for being on some crappy show. Who wouldn’t be an asshole, if they were a famous child actor, who never got paid, and could never be cast in another role without people saying “Look! That’s fuckin’ Gary Coleman.”
Evidenceto the contrary, Madame.
And Living in Oblivion doesn’t make the dwarf the punchline, it makes all the people who use dwarves as cliches as the object of ridicule:
Oh, and as for Coleman, from the IMDB:
So it looks like he wasn’t hurting too badly (medical condition aside).
Damn—I tried your links and they crashed my computer. I will assume they lead to some movies or TV shows in which dwarves or midgets played roles that could have been played by taller performers, and that their height was never mentioned?
In which case I will ammend to “95% of the time . . .”
Oh Eve what about that film classic "The Terror of Tiny Town’?
I used to love that song by Randy Newman…“Short People”
I guess it is not politically correct these days.
Short People got no reason
Short People got no reason
Short People got no reason
To live
Full lyrics removed - CF
Yeah, the dwarf in Living in Oblivion isn’t the punchline – he’s just a justifiably surly, dwarf, furious with the fools around him. That’s probably the funniest scene in a very funny movie.
Daniel
AFAIK, “Successfully sued” can also mean “this amount was awarded” vs. “the guy got this amount”.
He certainly hasn’t lived like he has 3point something mil. (except, of course, the medical condition which would be enormously expensive).
Au contraire, a Google search for the terms “fat,” “transgendered,” and “dwarf” turns up almost exclusively porn links. So if you chose the right career, you’d be laughing all the way to the bank. 
I’m 4ft10, which is the maximum height for dwarves according to The Little People Of America, although I am not medically a dwarf. I’m just short.
Most of the time, I’m the first person to make a short joke. There’s no point getting upset every time someone makes a short joke.
But it does get tiring. There’s only so many times it’s funny when I can’t reach something. There’s only so many times I can smile and nod while being told that I must get my clothes cheap because I can buy them from a kid’s shop.
It’s not tremendously funny when you’ve heard it all before.
yeah I get blonde jokes all the time. It does get tiring.
I’m short to boot. 5’2"
Are your eyes blue?
Btw, posting entire song lyrics is a no-no. FYI.
And Eve, although the height of the characters may have some bearing on the plot, it’s not used for comic effect, as you suggested. 95% I can live with. 
I bet Danny DeVito is laughing all the way to the bank…
He’s short, fat, bald and trashy. Not a bad actor though except for that Twins movie he did with y’alls Goobernor.
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I mean, it’s not something you can hide. You could hide under a table…
I had a roomie once who was 4’10" and fat. She HATED short jokes, and anybody who made one at her expense was quickly roasted to a well-done crisp. But one guy did make her laugh once. She was standing at the bar and this total stranger came up to her and said she could make a lot of money by suing the city. Why, pray tell? For building the sidewalks too close to her ass.
Hmmm, that kinda sounds like my mom’s line about why she doesn’t wear dresses: because her legs don’t go all the way up. :dubious: