[ionej]

Thats the danger....the pressure of hollywood /fash ds/her manager to tell her " you arent getting acting jobs because you,re to busty"" GET A REDUX" when shes does they tell her shes not talented enough that why youre not gettting the acting jobs...the overall message  BUSTY= NO WORK...I hope shell be strong like CHRISTINA HENDRICKS

[missrachel]

Bikini shot

[jjjay999]

Gorgeous.

[tinfoil666]

However, the TASTE of the audience is greatly influenced by the media itself.

High fashion has been pushing 'toothpicks' for several generations now.
It has influenced 'mainstream media's' idea of what the audience wants.

Which is funny, because most (not all) male-centric (or at least male hetero) softcore and hardcore porm seems to skew towards more well-rounded models.

So the porn folk, who clearly cater to a paying demographic, seem to understand full-figured = money, whereas hollywood is still pursuing Aubry-Hepburn-esque types.

There seems to be a disconnect between what the media thinks guys want to see when the clothes are on, and what they want to see when the clothes are off.

Yah, and the very limited appetite of the paying public for large-breasted actresses in mainstream film and television has nothing whatsoever to do with it.   Everything's not a friggin' conspiracy you know. It's supply and demand... part of our capitalist system. How anyone can seriously believe some pro-B-cup cabal is at work behind the scenes, and ignore basic economics and historical fact never ceases to amaze me.    That's as patently/blatantly absurd as the "Hammers and Ham" conspiracy put forth here years ago: http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php/topic,166167.35.html

Producers produce what the public will pay to watch, based on past performance. It's that simple. Would you expect your casino to tweak the games so that the house knowingly loses more money than it makes? Of course not! But that's what you'd expect "Hollywood" to do... you think they ought to make decisions (casting choices) that experience shows will reduce their chances of turning a profit?

The vast majority of high-level studio executives, producers and directors are middle-aged white heterosexual men. Generally speaking, they like boobs ...take my word for it. However, they get paid to make movies and tv shows not for themselves, but for a mass audience. It's the taste of the audience that's ultimately responsible for the kind of content that gets made.

How's that so difficult to understand?

Oh, and a VERY hot looking actress here. I hope she can actually act too.

[pilotblaze]

Both tinfoil666 and Palomine make good points.

I have some suspicions about the driving factors behind some of this.

An impression I have is that society seems to equate that notable curviness -- pulchritudinous beauty, based on the classic female form, part of the essence of physical femaleness -- is somehow damaging to the modern ideal of the intelligent, empowered and capable woman.  Thus dangerous to hang out there as a meme of the ideal, in modern media and discourse.

However, I observe that one can certainly have a killer hourglass figure and still be intelligent, empowered and capable.

The other side of my impression is that that much female power in combination tends to strike fear in the hearts of that same demographic shared by those studio execs and other "captains of industry" - and thus tends to get suppressed on that account also.

I think this is one of the reasons why the persona of the intelligent, powerful And beautiful woman often gets relegated to the femme fatale - Danger, Will Robinson!!  Or gets held up as a sacred cow to get harpooned (how's that for a mixed metaphor?  I'm not implying manatees here...) - case in point Sigourney Weaver in Working Girl.  But the writers softened (hardened?) that one by endowing her character with a "bony ass".  LOL

Heh, the Working Girl illustration even works on the other side of the coin - Melanie Griffith's character, unpolished, curvier and alluring, achieves her goals with sweat equity rather than raw intelligence - wins.  This movie worries me a bit -it's supposed to be an anthem for female empowerment, but taken at the levels I'm talking here, it's motives seem a bit duplicitous.  You could argue this more than one way...

Anyway, despite efforts in various fronts to promote gender enlightenment, in large proportion across today's cultures the modern male still prefers his sex objects to not be particularly intellectually challenging.  It's much less stressful that way (can you say, Sarcasm?).

All this boils down to avoidance of some tricky sociological undercurrents.  Mix this gunk up with marketing, and the scale of investment and expected returns on big media like movies and television, and you have many of the ingredients for today's media.

I hope to see lots of Emily Barry, notwithstanding.  WITHOUT forced weight loss or reduction.  

-D'Artagnian

[Nimrod]

I feel that there is a germ of truth in all these ruminations concerning the depiction and acceptance of the more "womanly" in the media.

There is the assertion that only those that fit some idealized shape will make the cut by the inhuman and conveniently anonymous "media".
There is the also understandable pressures to have women presented to do not too radically push the bounds of social expectation.
There is even the argument that it is a self-fulfilling process that automatically pushes a surprisingly consistent "type" to the top of the pile.

I will also repeat the little "rule-of-thumb" quote from a producer...
"I heard a very appropriate quote many years ago from a TV producer concerning what not to do to your audience.
1) Never make 'em feel stupid, so always have someone dumber.
2) Never make 'em feel ugly, so always have someone nastier.
3) and Never make guys feel weak or gals feel flat."

http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php/topic,9988936.msg10211084.html#msg10211084

Because of this you will never see above average curves in concentrations above those of the audience. You may see one or two but nothing near the levels of reality. Yes, it is OK to blame the women too because they do it to themselves as well. Most women simply can not handle it which is too bad for it helps to create the skewed representations simply to assuage everyone's egos.

It will be interesting to follow Ms. Barry's career to she how well she navigates these waters.

Emily Barry may be large but to compare her size to Christina Hendricks may be a bit of a stretch.

[PlutoKneeEm]

There are probably countless variables that go into a young actress remaining in relative obscurity, or becoming a household name. I'm not saying that her body type won't play some role in whatever happens or doesn't happen, but here, because it's her dimensions that draw any interest at all, there will probably be a quick assumption that her big tits are the cause if she doesn't have a flourishing career.

[jjjay999]

I noticed on the "my story" section of her website she said she watches a lot of "Mad Men" reruns on Netflix....... Hmmmmmmmmmmm

I'm completely smitten by her and can't stop checking the forum several times per day to see if there's anything new on this thread.  

Also, she was in the TV show "The Perfect Murder" Season 1, Episode 6 "Frozen Killer". I haven't watched it yet, but am about to......

Skip to :45 (some bouncing, and she has a pretty voice too IMO):

http://www.youtube.com/v/AdBWYJP_WfE

[PlutoKneeEm]

Voice, check. Says on her resume she can sing opera.

Methinks she'd do fine in corset and bustle period costume, too.

[jjjay999]

Voice, check. Says on her resume she can sing opera.

Methinks she'd do fine in corset and bustle period costume, too.

Wow!   Though I'm not a fan of that style of costume/makeup, we finally get to see more than just headshot/boobs (not that I'm complaining) and it seems she's got nice curves/hips/legs too!

[Eliza D]

It took me forever to find her in this picture...

LOL

[AgentDee]

She is a breast of fresh air for sure

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[jay_robert]

She looks great

[jjjay999]

I scanned through the episode "Frozen Killer", and all I can say is: WOW!  I'd say she's an F cup at least and she has an amazing figure!

[missrachel]

Can't wait to see this episode!
Luckily this girl doesn't see shy about her assets.