Netflixs trailer for new movie Tall Girl has divided viewers, sparking a debate about representation.
While some have taken aim at the upcoming movie, arguing that tall girls are doing just fine and that there are other groups more in need of representation, others have defended it, asking people not to belittle someones struggle.
You know that really, really, tall girl you go to school with? main character Jodi (Ava Michelle Cota) asks in the trailer. Well, thats me!
The controversial trailer shows Jodi being rejected by guys at school until a mega tall exchange student arrives on the scene.
It goes on to show a heart-wrenching prank call which sees her being asked to the homecoming dance as a joke, with the undeniably bizarre line: Lets face it, youre the tall girl.
Painted as a coming of age movie, it shows the story of a character learning to love herself.
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However, not everyones convinced.
Of all the groups of underrepresented/marginalized people….people with disability, mental illness, low economic status, mixed households, LGBTQ+ identified, etc….netflix decides to make a movie about a tall white girl, one unimpressed viewer wrote.
Another added: There are people literally getting killed for their skin colour, sexual orientation, gender and the list goes on and Netflix creates a film about a girl whos too tall, f***s my mind, The Amazons on fire – get better priorities.
I cant believe Netflix said tall girls are oppressed im on the floor, one more wrote.
However, some are defending the movie, with one viewer arguing: I keep seeing negative tweets about this but like yall do realize there are girls that feel insecure about being really tall?
