I Am Such a Liar

Cuz the horse story is almost, but not entirely done. I'll post it tomorrow sometime.

So since I can't offer you that to read, I'll just go off on an entirely different tangent, hehe.

There's going to be a new show premiering on FX soon called "Starved." As you can guess, it's a show about EDs. What made me and a lot of other people so angry is that it's going to be a sitcom. A comedy centered around 4 eating disordered people. Lovely. >:(

Quite personally, I'm not sure what's so funny about anorexia, bulimia, or compulsive overeating, considering they are responsible for the death of more people each year than any other psychiatric disorders. Anyone who has ever had a problem or has known someone with a problem would also, I'm guessing, agree that the show's premise is completely tasteless (no pun intended, heh). It's bound to just perpetuate the many stereotypes that already exist about EDs-- which aren't taken all that seriously by the public in the first place.

When the show was first announced, probably about a year ago, there was a fair amount of outrage from various ED prevention/awareness organizations. If I'm not mistaken, there were even several petitions online to stop the show from being carried out. I originally heard about it on one of the Broadway message boards because the leading actress, Laura Benanti, is a Bway performer (she was Cinderella in the revival of Into the Woods). Even on a forum of regular people, the idea of an "ED comedy" was met with mixed or outright negative responses. And on the ED boards I used to read. . .yeah, people were not happy about it.

A few people didn't think it would be *too* offensive. Apparently Benanti struggled with anorexia when she was younger, so people figured she wouldn't have agreed to take part in the show if it really made light of the subject. Other people said it wouldn't be too different than hearing, say, jokes about bulimia on Family Guy, but I have to disagree with that. I DO find the ED related jokes on Family Guy to be funny (hell, I probaby get a bigger kick out of them than anyone else I watch it with ;p) but 1) the show is not JUST about that and 2) FG pokes fun at everything and it would be silly to get offended. I just don't see how a comedy that is ONLY about eating disordered people is going to last that long. There are only so many jokes you can make about the subject before they get repetitious and boring, so I'm hoping this show lasts about as long as Kirstie Alley's Fat Actress did. @_@

So what's next? A comedy about heroin addicts? Schizophrenics? Cancer patients? Gah. Just another reason not to watch TV.

I'll be online tonight; you know the drill. ^__^

(and for the record, I am still going strong. It will officially be 2 months purge free in a few days and I'm no longer afraid that a slip is "bound" to happen some time soon. 3 months, here I come!)