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Should "Fatties" Get a Room?

Should "Fatties" Get a Room? (Even on TV?)
October 25, 2010 9:00 AM by Maura Kelly

The other day, my editor asked me, "Do you really think people feel uncomfortable when they see overweight people making out on television?"
Because I can be kind of clueless — I'm not much of a TV person — I had no idea what she was talking about, so she steered me to this CNN article, about the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly. As CNN explains, "the show centers around a couple who meet at an Overeaters Anonymous group [and] has drawn complaints for its abundance of fat jokes [as well as] cries from some viewers who aren't comfortable watching intimacy between two plus-sized actors."
My initial response was: Hmm, being overweight is one thing — those people are downright obese! And while I think our country's obsession with physical perfection is unhealthy, I also think it's at least equally crazy, albeit in the other direction, to be implicitly promoting obesity! Yes, anorexia is sick, but at least some slim models are simply naturally skinny. No one who is as fat as Mike and Molly can be healthy. And obesity is costing our country far more in terms of all the related health problems we are paying for, by way of our insurance, than any other health problem, even cancer.
So anyway, yes, I think I'd be grossed out if I had to watch two characters with rolls and rolls of fat kissing each other ... because I'd be grossed out if I had to watch them doing anything. To be brutally honest, even in real life, I find it aesthetically displeasing to watch a very, very fat person simply walk across a room — just like I'd find it distressing if I saw a very drunk person stumbling across a bar or a heroine addict slumping in a chair.
Now, don't go getting the wrong impression: I have a few friends who could be called plump. I'm not some size-ist jerk. And I also know how tough it can be for truly heavy people to psych themselves up for the long process of slimming down. (For instance, the overweight maintenance guy at my gym has talked to me a little bit about how it seems worthless for him to even try working out, because he's been heavy for as long as he can remember.)
But ... I think obesity is something that most people have a ton of control over. It's something they can change, if only they put their minds to it.
(I'm happy to give you some nutrition and fitness suggestions if you need them — but long story short, eat more fresh and unprocessed foods, read labels and avoid foods with any kind of processed sweetener in them whether it's cane sugar or high fructose corn syrup, increase the amount of fiber you're getting, get some kind of exercise for 30 minutes at least five times a week, and do everything you can to stand up more — even while using your computer — and walk more. I admit that there's plenty that makes slimming down tough, but YOU CAN DO IT! Trust me. It will take some time, but you'll also feel so good, physically and emotionally. A nutritionist or personal trainer will help — and if you can't afford one, visit your local YMCA for some advice.)
Then again, I guess these characters are in Overeaters Anonymous. So ... points for trying?
Then again, I tend to think most television shows are a kind of junk food for the mind and body. The boob tube gives us an excuse to turn off both our brains and our bodies and probably does a helluva lot to contribute to the obesity problem, over all. So ... I don't know.
What do you guys think? Fat people making out on TV — are you cool with it? Do you think I'm being an insensitive jerk?
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The f'd up part is that the tv networks are exploiting someone's health problem, it's the same as model agencies that love the 5'11" girl who weights 102lbs.
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Fat people...if they must.
Old people...no no!!   


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Personally, i dont really mind at all! If theyre making out on tv because it a comedy flick or satire, then heck, for me, that delivers! For romantic films (or romantic comedy like shallow hall) then its okay. Even if theyre making out for the purpose of being gross.. its still good television to me! WHy? because it entertains!
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I am cool with it.  Fat people are just people too and they need love like everybody else.  In the end, the show is here to entertain people and it does just that.  It shows plus size people that it is acceptable to live life even if they are on the larger side.  Although it is preferable to cut down on the weight, the fat people do not need to just stay in their house and be homebodies due to shame and what not.  While working on their weight issue, they should be able to live life like everyone else.
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Reply #5 johndoe83's post

Your missing the point. No one's saying fat people shouldn't enjoy life. The article is about obesity, how a program like this makes it ok to be obese and wether we really want or need to see obese people in this context.

If you click on the link to the article you'll see that the author has written an update where she has written a grovelling apology to anyone who was offended.

So much for the 'land of the free', now it's more like the land of the PC.
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QUOTE:
Originally posted by atomic3d at 31-10-2010 03:56
Your missing the point. No one's saying fat people shouldn't enjoy life. The article is about obesity, how a program like this makes it ok to be obese and wether we really want or need to see obese pe ...

there are many obese people in todays society this is despite TV and other media are not really endorsing it i.e. they show thin people when modelling etc etc things have relaxed slightly though with more plus sized models etc. What if they only got obese models, actors would percentage of obese people increase or decrease?

The way to tackle the crisis is to put large taxes on 'unhealthy' food or limit how unhealthy something can be IMO.
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Reply #7 reggid's post

funding education and paying for healthy lunches in school would be a good start too.  We've gotten so cheap with the way we raise our kids that it's like sending them to a factory feedlot when we send them to public school.  Everything they eat is out of a can or processed to death and candy and soda machines are allowed on campus due to corporate lobbying.

And I agree with Atomic's notion that we've gone overboard in the U.S. trying to make anything and anyone O.K.  Let's man up and have some fucking standards!




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