Melisssa McCarthy's Journey

Melissa McCarthy's weight loss of nearly 70 pounds and still counting is remarkable for it is one of the most difficult tasks today - dieting.

She has proven that she can stick to a low calorie diet and take the weight off slowly, however, let's take a look at her TV credits.  For 6 or 7 years she was on Gilmore Girls as a cook, moving over two yeaars later to Mike and Molly for another 7 years.  During her tenure on the second series she did some movies.  Tammy was written by her husband and herself and was very funny.  The Heat with Sandra Bullock was OK.  She played the same character as she did in Tammy.  The movie with Jason Bateman - she stole his credit information and together they brought the film into some laughs.  But...with McCarthy losing weight, what will she be funny for?

The main reason people laughed at her antics was because she was so grossly overweight her pranks, falling down, tripping on things created laughter.  Now that she's slimming down, her dialogue is what's going to make people laugh, not the pranks she has done in the past because it won't look right for a normal size person (which she isn't even close to yet) to be falling down or falling out windows.

Lucille Ball found her niche without falling down, but by doing tricks and pranks standing up with head gear, coats and other schtick that made her famous.

I am curious to see what movies McCarthy will do as a thinner person as her regular personality isn't that remarkable.  She's not a Lucille Ball or Barbra Streisand who do comedy very well.  Actually, Streisand can do anything.  She has screen presence and ability to do comedy or drama.

The one to watch out for is the black performer in Ghost Busters 2.  I haven't seen the movie, but reviews say she out performs McCarthy and the other two.

Jennifer Aniston's Destiny

I have enjoyed watching Jennifer Aniston from Friends TV series to the movies she has made.  When being interviewed on talk shows, she's often referred to as having some hit movies on her resume.  Let's take a look at some of the movies where "She" has been the main character.

Marley and Me was the story of the dog and Owen Wilson was the lead character.  Anyone could have played his wife.  Her role wasn't that important.  I have yet to see a movie where the story is about her.  I haven't seen Cake, but understand that story was about her character.

If you haven't seen Derailed, you should see it (on TV) because she did an incredible job in a dramatic role.  She played opposite Clive Owen in a suspenseful drama where she had a starring role, but she still wasn't the main focus.  Clive Owen was.

Horrible Bosses 1 and 2 invites a question as to why she would do those two movies.  I don't think Kate Hudson would have done them.  And, speaking of Kate, if you notice, other than her first "Famous" movie, all movies she's in are about her - she is the story.

Jennifer needs to "find" projects where she is the main story line.  It's all about her.  Since we know her as a comedy player, those movies would be my first choice, but after seeing Derailed many times over, she can definitely play anything.

So Melissa McCarthy is going back to Gilmore Girls for a short stint in the update of the show.  That was nice of her.  I'm looking forward to The Boss because I have gotten to know McCarthy and Ben Falcone.  I think they make a great team.

Til next time....