Posted on 03/09/2005 8:03:39 AM PST by gopwinsin04
'Cheers' star Kirstie Alley has been attacked by members of the world's leading eating disorders group for joking about 'life threatening diseases' like bulimia on her new comedy show 'Fat Actress.'
Officials at the National Eating Disorder Center are furious with the actress for trivializing eating disorders during the debut of her new program.
In one scene, co-star Kelly Preston tells Alley's character that making herself sick after every meal is one way of losing weight- a practice commonly used by bulimics.
NEDA CEO Lyn Grefe says, 'My guess is that Kirstie Alley's concept for the show was born from her frustrations with the unreasonable standards found in the entertainment industry, frustrations that the NEDA understands.'
'However, there is nothing funny about eating disorders, and to make comic references to bulimia is dangerous.'
Nearly 10 million women and one million men suffer from this problem and it is estimated that another 25 million suffer from binge eating disorders.
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I saw it too and actually enjoyed watching it. I plan to watch it again next week. I give her Kudos for coming out with this show. She's been slammed for years in the tabloids for her weight!
"it was pretty broad comedy"
Ohhhh. . . nice pun
Dear God! I'm glad it was a free Showtime weekend. I bailed after the John Travolta scene, having never even cracked a smile.
I was imbarrassed for her, it was soo bad.
What? No barf alert?
Couldn't they just make their production of "Raging Bulimic"?
The pilot is available for free on Yahoo. http://tv.yahoo.com/feature/fatactress.html
Oh great; another offended group. Oh the humanity!
You'd think people with bulimia would have more important things to worry about.
The show was way out there, I turned it off when Kirstie re-did the food scene from the film '9 and 1/2 Weeks' about 25 minutes in..
No, I'm sorry, she's within the rules: fat people are allowed to make fat jokes. You're allowed free reign to mock your own kind.
Like keeping their fingers out of their throat.
Can someone please tell the bulemics to hold it down!
The puns are coming up fast!
That was disgusting!
I 'm glad I didn't watch..
Kelly Preston, John Travolta, and Kirstie Alley! Sounds like a Scientology meet n' greet.
"'Cheers' star Kirstie Alley has been attacked by members of the world's leading eating disorders group for joking about 'life threatening diseases' like bulimia on her new comedy show 'Fat Actress.'"
She'll go on a diet, and then have to be replaced.
How about Hildabeast?
some people get too full of themselves........
If anything, Alley's show was making the point that bulimia is an absurd choice as a weight loss tool. Some people need to get a sense of humor.
Tell the bulimics to keep it down over there!
anymore = anybody
Yeah, bulimics make me sick.
C'mon, don't tell them to hold it down. Why won't you let them spill their guts?
I think it is pretty cool myself. After years of Laura Flynn Boyle, Calista Flockhart etc being used as 'beauty icons' (gag) it is nice to see the other side of the coin.
"Dessert? No thanks--I'm stuffed!"
Ted E. Bear
nothing funny about nothing funny either
Was it a clue when Kelly Preston injected herself with bo-tox at the beginning of the scene?
Can we cross-post this to usenet's alt.fondling-vomit?
Those poor skinny chicks get to much hate. I love em, puke or no puke I don't care.
I've been noticing that whenever comedians are on TV -- people laugh at them! This group is probably laughed at more than any other. I don't know how they stand it! Congress should pass a law that says you can't laugh at comedians any more. Oh, the humanity!
I say, so what if she is heavy - It's her choice. If she loses weight - Kudos to her - but she's also pointing out in her show how Hollywood agents and people in general treat fat people. I once saw a show where a thin girl put on some fake padding to look fat and went out in the street to pretend that she was having trouble getting into her car. She was ignored by every man in site and this was filmed right on the street. Once she went back in and took the padding off and went back as her normal weight men ran over to help her.
Oh, PUH-LEEEEEEEEZE!!!!!!!
Lighten up, already!!!!
(pun intentional)
"She'll go on a diet, and then have to be replaced.
How about Hildabeast?"
You can fix fat, nothing you can do about scary-ugly!
Anything goes on TV as long as some perversion isn't mocked.
"The next part's a little bit illegal..."
(steely)
Well, at least THEY were on somewhat, watchable shows unlike this one.
Well, I'll tell you, I'm fed up with the bulemics. I've had it up to here!
She's great for my hubby's diet...every time the commercial comes on with her dancing I tell him "Hey baby, there's your girlfriend again" and he gets nauseaous.
I thought Kirstie's show got cancelled because they couldn't fit her all in one TV frame.
That's what my dad always says when Candy Crowley comes on.
Gluttony is not a disease.
Okay, I watched the pilot on Yahoo. Where was the humor? Thirty-four minutes of watching a blimp sized tart trying to be funny was not pretty. But this is supposed to be funny? How? What is funny about "the Michelin woman" living in her own world without a clue as to what reality is? As to bulemics being upset, this woman is a caricature and is out of touch with reality so how does what she does affect anyone at all? Oh, I forgot, we are talking about the mindless boob-tube addicts. Never mind.
I didn't watch, but I think people with eating disorders also have humor disorders. Can't they take a joke? Seriously, we are going to end up in a humorless state like the USSR where the FEC decides the bounds of acceptable discourse on the media. Nice to see that Scientologists have their own show now. Wouldn't you know it's about one of their dysfunctional, rich members?
BTTT
EAT ME !!
I'm sure they're just sick about it.
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