Television: Plus-Size Sideshow
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Television, home of svelte cops and supersize fast-food ads, loves fat-reduction spectacles. >
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fat and reality television-- plus-size sideshow
Published 8/25/2008 at OH NO!!
... television heroine who was heavy and sexually active, but she didn’t start a trend any more than the Junoesque heroine of ABC’s “Less Than Perfect” did. The American physique has changed, but television still perpetuates a two-way body image distortion. Characters on dramatic series are unrealistically slender, while reality shows like “The Biggest Loser” showcase contestants who are dramatically obese. Viewers are caught somewhere in the contradictions. sauce I think this article is interesting food for thought (in a manner of speaking, of ...
