FX takes a risk with Starved
The new FX series Starved is already garnering a lot of attention, even before it's debut tonight. That's because it taps into the national pathos around food and weight. The show is based on four people with eating disorders who meet in a support group, and it happens to be a comedy. But are eating disorders funny? I'm reserving judgment until I see it, but it would take some tremendously savvy writers to get the tone right on this.
Of note, fat actor Del Pentecost (of Kingdom Hospital and O Brother Where Art Thou) is playing the role of the "obese guy", Dan.
[Del} was concerned about the show poking fun at obesity. "You want to work and feed your family, but at some point do I really want to just be the fat man?" After reading the scripts he says he realized his character is complex, "as opposed to the being the guy who's funny and fat." Via USA Today
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