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To be honest, I kind of agree with Heigl re: Knocked Up. The women, and not just Heigl's character, were portrayed pretty badly - and while the movie was in part just a vehicle for comedy like the blog suggests, it was also supposed to be about relationships and responsibility. The movie's portrayal of the contrast between the male and female characters could easily be expanded by the viewer to represent contrasts between men and women in general... and it was probably intended that way in some part.

I don't know anything about Grey's Anatomy or Heigl, but her comments in the blog quote seemed fairly rational, and it's good to see people taking an honest and critical look at the work they are doing.

Having never yet seen Knocked Up - and You will have to desecrate by naked corspe with a fish before I succumb to watching Grey's Anatomy - I've never seen Heigel's work, so I have no idea why, over the past few months, the blogosphere has gone batfuck insane with hatred for Ms. Cancer.

Can someone explain it to me why she's gone from "reasonably attractive actress getting surprisingly good reviews" to "the woman who should apologize to the Jews for convincing Hitler to carry out her holocaust idea"?

Having never yet seen Knocked Up - and You will have to desecrate by naked corspe with a fish before I succumb to watching Grey's Anatomy - I've never seen Heigel's work, so I have no idea why, over the past few months, the blogosphere has gone batfuck insane with hatred for Ms. Cancer.

Can someone explain it to me why she's gone from "reasonably attractive actress getting surprisingly good reviews" to "the woman who should apologize to the Jews for convincing Hitler to carry out her holocaust idea"?

Oh, fuck. Please, fellow Pajiba-ites, I'm begging you. Not another Knocked Up debate.

Oh God...

Whether or not you think Knocked Up portrayed women as shrews or all fat guys as lazy stoners, it's still mighty lame to shit where you eat. It was like when the Beastie Boys apologized for Licensed to Ill, calling it sexist and immature. Sure, maybe you're right, but do you really need to be dicks about it?

Uhhh, yeah. I should have seen that one coming a mile away.

Ahem... Squirrel-apult, anyone?

"The women, and not just Heigl's character, were portrayed pretty badly"

But there's that great speech that Leslie Mann gives to Paul Rudd: "You think because you don't yell you're not mean -- but this is mean." I think the script is an interesting barometer of what is and isn't appropriate in a relationship. It seems like you and Heigl and the blogger misunderstands the script.

I don't know that Apatow always has the keenest insight into women. But I think "Knocked Up" was a pretty even-handed movie in showing the ugliness of both sexes.

Ok, didn't Heigl earn the "Skank Cancer" moniker due to her distasteful affair on Grey's? And now she's admitting she doesn't agree with the story line, so.... she's on our side, isn't she? This is all so confusing. I mean, yes, it's bad taste to be that critical of the projects paying your bills, but at least she's thinking for herself and analyzing the way these roles portray her. Too many actresses don't even bother.

Here's a radical thought, KH: don't take the role. Seriously. Have some integrity and just don't take it. It's not as if you need the damn money. Your other option is to take the role and decry the movie in the biography you write twenty years from now. Otherwise, please don't make us all participate in the conceit that you are highly principled. It's tedious.

The interview with the (not) gay (anymore) kid reminded me of the Simpsons episode in the future, when Smithers shows up with a girlfriend. Smithers wasn't gay as long as he gave himself an injection every half hour.

"I love boobies!"

Christian Bale. Cool Whip. Funny videos. And all we can talk about is Heigl. Let's hate someone else next week, huh? She's boring.

I think KH has a valid point. I'm so sick of seeing sitcoms and movies that feature a driven, together woman married to an affable slob. It's like we went from the 50's and 60's the-man-is-the-head-of-the-household shows to the exact reverse without ever managing to feature an equal partnership.
And I kind of love hearing actors put down the crap movies they've made. (not sure why)

"It was like when the Beastie Boys apologized for Licensed to Ill, calling it sexist and immature. Sure, maybe you're right, but do you really need to be dicks about it?"

Omigosh, yes. Yes. I was tremendously disappointed in the Beasties after they made such a stink about decrying their early albums as sexist. C'mon guys; give your fans some credit. Back then they were clowns; nobody took them seriously. It was party music.

"Paul's Boutique" is still their best album ever.

Just as "fa la la la la french vanilla" makes some think of Cool Whip, whenever someone says "Happy Holidays" my brain immediately finishes with "from McDonald's" in a lovely singsong voice. Damn effective jingles. (Them's a lotta quotation marks I've got there...)
I'll watch Christian Bale in the stupid ass Terminator sequel, but I have low hopes. Low hopes.

Sorry, but Skank Cancer comes across as a conceited bitch every time she opens her mouth.

Like the rest, I'm tired of her. Could care less if I never see/hear of/from her again. let's move along to something else...

Along with the new terminator movie, I also see where that paragon of great taste is going to be putting out a Terminator series ("The Sarah Connor Chronicles")

Uh, yeah. Thank God I work 2nd shift!

I've tried to defend Heigl ever since Roswell but this is the last straw. Of all the ungrateful, bitchy, self-centered, pretensious, idiotic things to do she dumps on basically everyone who was a fan of that movie and who gave her the benefit of the doubt overall.

Fuck that shit, I hope your next role is Hooker #3 in a Steven Segal movie.

Exactly, Samantha T.

Okay, I know I'm harping, but I'd like to add that Anne Hathaway had Heigl's role originally and dropped out because she was opposed to the scene in which a real woman giving birth was used to create the illusion that she was giving birth. It's possible to just walk.

GQ needs to merge their "Men of the Year" thing with their "Overrated" feature.

Rogen, buddy, it might be time to step back and cool -off before everyone gets sick of your ass.