Metro NY Compares Sarah Jessica Parker's Nose To Christina Hendricks' Chest (PHOTO)

Since Christina Hendricks wore a dress cut lower than the corporate tax rate at the Monday premiere of "I Don't Know How She Does It," bloggers and news sites have been enjoying every opportunity to run as many photos as possible of the busty star (guilty as charged).

The correctly-priced free Metro NY newspaper, however, took the joke far beyond tasteful, pulling her co-star, Sarah Jessica Parker, into the mix.

Running a photo of the cast, the genius editor added the following caption (via BWE):

"You know what's a great way for Sarah Jessica Parker to hide the fact that she has a large nose? Make sure she stands next to Christina Hendricks' cleavage. Here are the two actresses at the premiere of their new movie, 'I Don't Know How She Does It,' on Monday in New York City."

Putting aside the face value idiocy of the statement -- Parker has been shining on red carpets since childhood -- it's also wildly insensitive. Parker is of Jewish heritage, and any cultural awareness would have informed the writer that noses have long been used to stereotype and single out people of the Jewish faith. Take this Nazi children's book, written by war criminal Julius Streicher, publisher of Der Stürmer, for example.

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Comments

[phantom power]

08:55 AM on 09/21/2011

to defend the newspaper, at least they didn't call her "horse-face" because she definitely is one.

[DanoX]

07:03 AM on 09/20/2011

LOL! She is physically unattractive! LOL!

[Max Shaw]

03:00 PM on 09/19/2011

No one cares shes Jewish. You dont have to be Jewish to have a big-a** nose. She just happens to have one and be the other.

[Laurie Goodman]

02:58 PM on 09/19/2011

This article is part of a general wave of press interest in analysing SJP's appearance - of which there have been many more offensive than a caption in the Metro commenting on her nose size. A particular moment which sticks out in my mind is Stephen Fry's comment that she resembles a 'drowned horse'.

This is largely irrelevant because the issue is that the press equates a wonderful face with being a wonderful actress and her frustration is derived from when she receives criticism of her sex appeal as opposed to constructive criticism of her acting skills.

It is also entirely unnecessary to presume that there is anti-semitic sentiment behind a very blase comment which is part of a general trend in analysing her appearance.

[Ainsaade]

09:54 AM on 09/19/2011

I'm all for political correctness, and yes, Metro was being crass in their description of the two actresses. But saying that anyone who points out that SJP has a big nose is equivalent to the Nazis is utterly ridiculous.

[franksters]

09:08 AM on 09/19/2011

And that girl with the 'big honker' is taking her looks and talent and laughing all the way to the bank. So phoohey on those who criticize her looks.

[Momofsarahandem]

08:10 AM on 09/19/2011

So all the Italian women I know who have obsessed about their large noses are hallucinating because only Jewish women have large noses? Are they, according to the author's logic, longing for the return of Mussolini because they have said derogatory comments about said noses? I'm so confused...

[StoryTime]

11:40 PM on 09/18/2011

She might have a big nose but she is full of charm, lots of celebrities have better features but you wish they had her charm.

[pab08]

08:57 PM on 09/18/2011

SJP is a homely woman with a very large nose. It has nothing to do with her religious affiliation.
The paper was insulting her and her appearance. That is all. One can insult somebody based soley on their appearance without making it a slur against religion, race, etc....
Stop looking for things that are not there.
Get over it.

[0 0]

07:57 PM on 09/18/2011

"They let Sarah Jessica Parker's face on TV and she looks like a foot."
Peter Griffin
Family Guy

[jennbeth]

07:48 PM on 09/18/2011

SJP is NOT Jewish. You might want to look into that and change copy.

[cungar]

08:09 PM on 09/18/2011

Maybe you need to look into that smarty pants.

From Wikipedia.

Parker's father, a native of Brooklyn, was of Eastern European Jewish background; his family's original surname was "Bar-Kahn" ("son of Kohen"). Parker's mother was of English and German descent; Parker has identified culturally and ethnically with her father's religion, Judaism, although she has had no religious training.

Furthermore her husband is Jewish and they were married in a synagogue.

Sounds pretty Jewish to me.

[mamamab]

10:37 PM on 09/18/2011

FYI, she and her husband are both half Jewish.

They were indeed married in a synagogue by an EPISCOPAL priest (MB's sister).

[CKN NY]

06:33 PM on 09/18/2011

Oh gosh...I have seen people with a big nose and SJP is not one of them. I actually think she has a nice face and can't believe METRO NY editors/writers have nothing better to write about.
Also have to say I enjoyed her new movie (I had some good laughs), but than again I am a fan of SJP...SJP you rock!

[KDMac]

06:26 PM on 09/18/2011

Good God, now people are nazis if they mention a big nose?

[SweetLemonPie]

05:31 PM on 09/18/2011

Be proud of it, Jessica. Be proud of it. It is all you!

[papallugeteam]

05:16 PM on 09/18/2011

Wow...I kind of like SJP for being successful in an industry that churns out a cookie-cutter version of real women. She's interesting and attractive in her way (which may not be the men's ideal).
A lot of "journalists" have no idea how rude they can be.