5 burning questions about Amy Schumer’s truly baffling ‘I Feel Pretty’

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I Feel Pretty is ostensibly a fable of female empowerment, as an insecure woman (Amy Schumer) suddenly comes to believe she’s suddenly become beautiful – only to realize, in the end, that it really and truly is what’s on the inside that counts. 

But I Feel Pretty fumbles its message so badly that the end result is less inspiring than just plain baffling. At its worst, it does more to reinforce society’s punishing beauty standards than dismantle them. 

The story begins with a catastrophic head injury. Schumer’s Renee attends a SoulCycle class, where she hits her head and wakes up believing she’s turned into a much prettier woman. It’s not that she’s come to appreciate her own body, mind you – she believes she’s got an unrecognizably different body, even though she looks exactly the same to everyone around her. Read more…

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