But if the female wacky sidekick isn't attractive, like the overweight Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids, then every scene needs to be about how ugly and fat and mannish she is. That has to be the core of her character.
He's got a point about female sidekicks in general, but Bridesmaids was not created by or for men, and Melissa McCarthy's character is a pointed commentary on the type of fat sidekick character he's talking about. She is all of those things - ugly, fat, mannish - but if this guy thinks that's the core of her character, he clearly hasn't seen the movie.
Go look at a city skyline. All those skyscrapers? We built those to impress you, too.
Right. The fact that Manhattan was built up instead of out has nothing to do with the fact that it's a port city on a tiny island made of schist.