Marissa Jaret Winokur And Cathryn Michon On ‘Muffin Top: A Love Story’ [VIDEO EXCLUSIVE]

Cathryn Michon wrote, directed and starred in the independent comedy Muffin Top: A Love Story, a movie about women embracing who they are that also stars Hairspray‘s Marissa Jaret Winokur.

Marissa Jaret Winokur, Cathryn Michon On ‘Muffin Top’

Central to Minchon’s film is women’s struggle with body image – a phenomenon that the filmmaker credits to the bombardment of false imagery of the female body. “We do see 200 to 400 advertising images a day. Now, with Photoshop – how it’s gone – these are cartoons,” Michon told uInterview in an exclusive interview. “Then, we internalize that and we say, ‘Oh I feel bad because I don’t look like that image.’ But, what we should say is, ‘I don’t look like that cartoon. I don’t look like Jessica Rabbit.'”

Michon pointed out a survey that found 96 of 100 women think at least one bad thought about their body per day. Bewildered by the thought of only thinking one bad thought per day, Winokur said, “It’s like, you think one bad thought about yourself once a day? I’m like I want to be that person. I want to be the person that only thinks one bad thing about myself today.”

The actress added, “That’s like my goal, to think 10 bad things about myself.  I’d be like, ‘Oh my god, today is an amazing day I only thought of 10 bad things about myself.’ I thought 10 bad things about myself just sitting in this chair now!”

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Though Winokur and Michon joked about the leveling of the body image status quo – relishing in the idea that the other sex was fast becoming just as insecure about their looks as women – they turned a bit more serious when discussing the feminist message in Muffin Top. 

“I think there is a really good point in the movie where it’s like to be a feminist, to be proud of who you are, you don’t change your hair color. I am definitely a feminist and have friends who I’m like, “Oh my god, you guys are like total suffragettes,” ya know. I love make up and hair and I love looking like a drag queen all the time,” Winokur explained. “I think this is the first time a movie says, you don’t have to be the stereotypical feminist to be a feminist, to believe that women should be doing more than we get to do. I think that’s a really huge message that’s never really been told.”

Muffin Top: A Love Story is currently available on-demand.