French Women Do Get Fat
An interesting comparison of two books: French Women Don't Get Fat and the exercise in one-upmanship, Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat. A lot of the principles are sound, such as eating more slowly, eating until you're only 80% full, enjoying food instead of eating fast food, etc. And the article also has some interesting statistics. But I was perhaps most intrigued by the story of an upcoming film starring an overweight French actress, Marilou Berry.
"Unlike Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones's Diary, Berry did not have to put on any weight to act in the film in which she plays an obese girl who struggles with her self-esteem. In a portrayal that will ring true to anyone who has struggled with their own weight, her size makes her almost invisible to most of her fellow citizens. Those who do notice her pity her."
Finally they hired an overweight actress to play the role of an overweight girl! It's very exciting.
And speaking of exciting, Happy New Year from Big Fat Deal! Hope it's a joyful and healthy one for all of us.
"Unlike Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones's Diary, Berry did not have to put on any weight to act in the film in which she plays an obese girl who struggles with her self-esteem. In a portrayal that will ring true to anyone who has struggled with their own weight, her size makes her almost invisible to most of her fellow citizens. Those who do notice her pity her."
Finally they hired an overweight actress to play the role of an overweight girl! It's very exciting.
And speaking of exciting, Happy New Year from Big Fat Deal! Hope it's a joyful and healthy one for all of us.
posted by mo pie at 1:05 PM
3 Comments:
I decided I'm going to write a book: American Women Do Get Fat--SO WHAT?!
Think it'll be a best-seller?
I think that film has come out already (Look at Me)...I remember wanting to see it last year. It's probably on DVD now.
How are they going to top these titles? Will the next book be "XXXXian Women Don't Get Fat, or Old, or Die"?
I have seen Comme Une Image, aka Look At Me, the film with Marilou Berry, and it's very good. Her character's relationship with her parents (her father is deliberately insensistive, her young stepmother unintentionally) rings very true.
It came out last year in Britain, and probably earlier in France, but may be yet to be shown in other countries.
Marilou Berry has absolutely gorgeous skin and hair in that film, so maybe she should be telling us her secrets...
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