In “Ted,” “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane’s sort-of romcom spoof, Mark Wahlberg plays a mid-thirties dummy with an everyday gorgeous lady (Mila Kunis) as a possible mate — and a childhood teddy bear (voiced by MacFarlane), come to life, representing all his adolescent baggage. We’re fans of all three of the above-mentioned showbiz folks, not to mention the New England accents on display here, but we have to ask: What if Wahlberg’s character were a woman? What’s the “Bridesmaids” equivalent of “Ted”?
Ted the bear, like Wilfred, acts as a sort of id for his human, taking bong hits, humping supermarket scanners, and running into bed at the first sound of thunder. Man-boy things. There are limitations to this mirroring, of course, and any “female”-equivalent movie would have to have them, too. We don’t really remember “Bride of Chucky,” but we can imagine that as a sort of model for reducing women down to their menacing young-adult ways. Or, at least, in the universe where men must be boys, and lovable mess-makers themselves.