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Sto caricando le informazioni... Fat Pig: A Playdi Neil LaBute
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This is a very brief, very simply written play about thoughtless idiots. It's not funny, or even provocatively uncomfortable. Being as the purpose in writing it remains elusive, it's difficult to even give it a proper critique. Some things, however, seem fairly clear. In order for the premise of the play to resonate, one must take it as a given that overweight people are inherently disgusting and that overcoming this default assessment requires an heroic and volitional moral choice: all the dramatic tension is dependent upon this assumption. In lieu of accepting that, this play could perhaps work if the viewer at least takes it for granted that people who believe instinctively that overweight people are disgusting are worth taking seriously and having as close friends. That's about as deep as any thinking about this play can really go. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Cow. Slob. Pig. How many insults can you hear before you have to stand up and defend the woman you love? Tom faces just that question when he falls for Helen, a bright, funny, sexy young woman who happens to be plus-sized -- and then some. Forced to explain his new relationship to his shallow (although shockingly funny) friends, he finally comes to terms with his own preconceptions of the importance of conventional looks. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Tom is a meely-mouthed, twenty-something account executive who falls in love with an obese librarian, named Helen. When his co-workers find out, they tease him mercilessly. Just when you think he has gathered up the strength to stand up for his woman, he falls prey to peer (societal) pressure. What makes it even worse, is that Helen, who had been very accepting of her own size throughout the play, becomes this pitiful fat girl who begs Tom to take her back. She even promises to get skinny for him. Why couldn't it have been a totally uncliched ending, and have Helen be angry and gutsy instead of weepy and begging. ( )