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Kirstie Alley's 'Fat Actress' Hits Sore Spot
WCCO ^
| March 8, 2005
| staff
Posted on 03/08/2005 3:52:55 PM PST by EveningStar
Comedy heavyweight Kirstie Alley is capitalizing on her super-sized self -- and the sensitive subject of obesity -- in her new sitcom, "Fat Actress."
The Early Show correspondent Kelly Cobiella says it's an-over-the-top show in which Alley plays herself, a woman at war with food, her weight, and Hollywood.
With self-deprecating humor, she makes jokes about being fat and unemployable in show business.
"She's the fat girl on the outside trying to get back in," notes TV Guide critic Rochelle Thomas, "and that's why people will watch. People identify with her, at least, I identified with her (struggles)."
But, observes Cobiella, Alley is also hitting a nerve.
While plus-size actresses such as Camryn Manheim and Queen Latifah have helped break the Hollywood cookie-cutter ideal, this show, women's groups charge, is a giant step backward.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Humor; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: bubblebutt; fatactress; kirstiealley; lardass
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Did anyone watch this? I didn't. I checked the website and all the clips were unfunny, at least to me.
To: EveningStar
Showtime had a free preview weekend last weekend, I didn't bother to watch any of it. The only movie worth watching all weekend was Shawshank Redemption, the rest of the weekend was filled with garbage, including Kirstie's show.
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posted on
03/08/2005 3:56:04 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(You have a //cuckoo// God given right //Yeeeahrgh!!// to be an //Hello?// atheist)
To: farmfriend; Hillary's Lovely Legs; DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet; Howlin; mhking
To: EveningStar
Camryn Manheim is a woman?
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posted on
03/08/2005 3:58:02 PM PST
by
Paul Atreides
(Hillary, Nancy, and Barbara: Proof that there are strong men in the Democrat Party)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
03/08/2005 3:58:10 PM PST
by
cyborg
(http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
To: EveningStar
To: gopwinsin04
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posted on
03/08/2005 3:58:59 PM PST
by
cyborg
(http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
To: cyborg
To: EveningStar
I watched 5 minutes of it and it was decidedly unfunny.
They packed more sex talk into 5 minutes than Sex and the City does in a whole episode.
It was sad and a bit pathetic. They were shooting for the low-hanging fruit (pun partially intended).
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posted on
03/08/2005 4:00:18 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(1st you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women (HJ Simpson))
To: BigSkyFreeper
Kirstie Alley can be funny and sharp witted but I don't really care for her anymore and it has nothing to do with fat (I have a large "spare tire" so I can't talk).
To: cyborg
Be glad you don't have to pay for it. LOL! :)
To: Paul Atreides
Camryn Manheim is a woman?Yep. Stars in the TV drama The Practice, also a plus-sized actress.
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posted on
03/08/2005 4:02:57 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(You have a //cuckoo// God given right //Yeeeahrgh!!// to be an //Hello?// atheist)
To: cyborg
I forgot to ping you. Sorry. :)
To: EveningStar
I don't have windows media so it won't play. Oh well.
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posted on
03/08/2005 4:03:41 PM PST
by
cyborg
(http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
To: EveningStar
Kirstie Alley can be funny and sharp witted but I don't really care for her anymore and it has nothing to do with fat (I have a large "spare tire" so I can't talk).I find nothing wrong with the way she looks, I actually think she looks rather attractive. But, like you say, she has her funny and witty moments.
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posted on
03/08/2005 4:04:23 PM PST
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BigSkyFreeper
(You have a //cuckoo// God given right //Yeeeahrgh!!// to be an //Hello?// atheist)
To: BigSkyFreeper
I know. I was just funnin'.
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posted on
03/08/2005 4:04:41 PM PST
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Paul Atreides
(Hillary, Nancy, and Barbara: Proof that there are strong men in the Democrat Party)
To: cyborg
To: cyborg
I think there is a Windows Media Player for the Mac. I'm not sure, as I use a IBM-compatible PC.
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posted on
03/08/2005 4:05:54 PM PST
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BigSkyFreeper
(You have a //cuckoo// God given right //Yeeeahrgh!!// to be an //Hello?// atheist)
To: Paul Atreides
LOL. It's OK. I didn't know who she was, I've never watched that show, so I had to Google up the name. :)
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posted on
03/08/2005 4:06:55 PM PST
by
BigSkyFreeper
(You have a //cuckoo// God given right //Yeeeahrgh!!// to be an //Hello?// atheist)
To: BigSkyFreeper
I'm not a person who requires that a woman be thin. I've seen many attractive "large" ladies.
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