Drop Dead Diva is a fairly new show on Lifetime. Here's how IMDB describes the show: "A vapid aspiring model killed in a car crash gets brought back to life as an intelligent, overweight lawyer, hoping to find the meaning of inner beauty." Now, I have mixed feelings about the Lifetime channel in general. That will be reserved for another post. Let's refocus. Drop Dead Diva's premise is this: Beautiful girl dies in a car accident and wakes up in fat, smart girl's body. OH MY GOD. She is horrified. How can she possibly live her life. She probably should have just died. Right? Wrong.
I find it problematic to even address preference or type here. But the fact remains that I personally find the intelligent lawyer Jane (plain Jane some may say)much more desirable (intellectually, personally and physically) than the stereotypically beautiful Stacy.
Now, it isn't all negative. The show seeks to reveal that inner beauty and intelligence shine through to create some bizarre notion on true beauty. But Lifetime, come on. Is this supposed to be some trite learning lesson: Don't judge a book by its cover? Intelligence can be pretty? Brunettes (sometimes) can be as attractive as blondes? I mean I can go on. And really? Is this what overweight is? Don't even get me started on that.
