If you're going to read this, really be prepared to want to punch everything you see. The condescension, the I-got-better-so-now-I-can-save-you, the martyrdom of perceived censorship... Good on Jean Bentley for not backing down in the face of a landslide of bullshit.
"I get it. Every single person who was upset, I wanted to hug them and tell them I get it, and that's what I'm going for." No, you don't get it, lady. And nobody wants your damn hugs. You are not our savior.
"Debby Ryan is gonna eat an entire cake. We're not faking it. She's actually doing it, and she still gets to go out in the world and be beautiful and successful, and she ate an entire cake, and there's no shame in that." Why would someone think this is effective at all?
I PROMISE YOU THAT FAT PEOPLE ARE FULLY AWARE THAT SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE DEBBY RYAN CAN EAT A WHOLE CAKE AND NOT BE SHAMED FOR IT. I PROMISE YOU THAT WE KNOW SHE IS NOT BEING JUDGED ON HER FOOD CONSUMPTION LOOKING THE WAY SHE DOES. I PROMISE THIS IS TRUE.
She also says she wants "many seasons" to show "nuance." You know, you could have shown nuance in the first season. You could have dedicated time and care to what you were actually doing when you started. "Give me more seasons to explain myself!" Nah.
And to have the gall to be like, oh, it would be nice if people had treated Patty better, but we're not there yet, blah blah blah. Yeah. Your show is PROOF that we're "not there yet." YOUR SHOW IS HELPING TO HOLD US BACK.
I'm sorry that her eating disorder hurt her. I'm sorry that anyone has an eating disorder. But it's 100% possible to make a show about an eating disorder without using a fat suit. There is no reason a character can't be thin and a binge eater.
If the intention was to alleviate guilt and shame from people with binge eating disorders and food addiction, that could have been done without a fat character, false allegations of sexual misconduct as a plot line, pedophile jokes, etc.
"And for me this is the show expressing I am exactly who I am." Yeah. We know that, Lauren. We just see you A LOT differently than you see yourself.
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