Current Events > Hollywood sure treated teen girl celebrities like garbage

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I know this is overall considered minor compared to actual crimes committed against girls and women in Hollywood but the sure brazenness of articles like this back in the 90s sure is eye opening.

https://www.nydailynews.com/alicia-clueless-hollywood-19-battling-cruel-batgirl-fatgirl-jokes-shock-oscar-appearance-article-1.730141
ALICIA'S CLUELESS ABOUT HOLLYWOOD AT JUST 19, SHE'S BATTLING CRUEL 'FROM BATGIRL TO FATGIRL' JOKES AFTER SHOCK OSCAR APPEARANCE

AS A NERVOUS Alicia Silverstone rubbed shoulders with the likes of Jack Nicholson, John Travolta and Jessica Lange at the top Oscar-night party, one fellow reveler loudly inquired: "Hey, is she old enough to drink?
" The answer is no. At 19, young Alicia has two years to go before she can legally have a drink. But according to the movie honchos at Columbia Studios, she's old enough to handle a huge $10 million deal to star in and produce two big-budget movies. The extraordinary contract sealed after Alicia's one and only hit, "Clueless" caused an uproar in Tinseltown. Columbia chairman Mark Canton was accused of irresponsibly driving up already inflated star salaries and of "ruining the business.

" One furious rival studio executive fumed: "The Silverstone deal was the nail in the coffin.
" More cynical Hollywood execs defend Canton on the basis that he's just taking a gamble on a sexy teenager who caught the attention of the MTV generation with her sultry appearances in a series of Aerosmith rock videos. Fair enough. But when Silverstone presented an award at Monday's Oscars, the big question was: "Is she all that pretty anymore?
" It may seem unfair to subject a youngster to such physical scrutiny, but it's a safe bet that when Canton set Alicia up with her own company, First Kiss Productions, he was banking on her having a built-in audience of drooling adolescent male admirers. But since "Clueless pulled in an impressive $60 million at the box office last summer, the star of the show has clearly grown by about 25 pounds! It was torture watching the nervous teen swathed in yards of material she clearly wore to hide her newly ample figure as she addressed the shocked Oscar crowd. Her long hair cropped to shoulder length was combed forward, covering her face like drape curtains. Ironically, Alicia was there to present the trophy for best makeup a field in which she is apparently, well, clueless. There are reports that "Batman" director Joel Schumacher has demanded that Silverstone drop from her current weight of 130 pounds to 105 pounds after failing to fit into her Batgirl suit. And the inevitable "Fatgirl" jokes are already making the rounds. Silverstone is getting an early lesson in just how hardball Hollywood really is. Sad for a girl who's quick to point out she's just a kid who's clearly uncomfortable with the idea that she is a sex symbol. In a telling declaration, she said recently: "I don't care if people think I'm a sex symbol.... But I myself would like to feel that. "And when I start feeling that way, you'll know it. I'll be a woman, and I'll be walking around and you'll know it. But right now, I'm a little kid. "All I know is, I'm 19 years old and I don't feel sexy.
" Right now, there is anxiety at Columbia over that old adage that a lot of great-looking kids turn into not-so-great-looking adults. A gleeful executive at one of the other big studios gloats: "They signed up a beautiful teenager who looks as if she is going to end up being not quite such a beautiful woman. It serves them right. "They can talk all they like about the fabulous comic timing Alicia showed in `Clueless' and how they couldn't wait to sign up such a wonderfully talented actress. "But what they were really interested in was a stunning young beauty who was fancied by millions of young men. "If she loses her looks and the boys stop fancying her, Columbia is not going to be quite so excited about the Alicia Silverstone deal!

One executive explains: "A lot of people say Alicia has a good head on her shoulders, but although this sounds horrible, it's much more important that she keep a good body below her shoulders! Alicia's next project is a comedy called "Excess Baggage," which has sparked off another round of cutting jokes. Still despite everything, bosses at Columbia insist they are still delighted with their young prodigy. Let's hope it stays that way or Silverstone will have to get clued up on how unforgiving Hollywood can be when a star even a $10 million one falls out of favor.

She looked like this;
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/6/6/AACT2jAAEiz-.jpg

You can see the outright seething anger from men who didn't like that she didn't want to be treated like a sex object and that she was signed onto be a producer. They were comfortable enough to write this crap to an audience. Nuts to think about these days.

I think's she's fine as is. I wished I looked that good.