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- Netflix's new series, "Insatiable," which stirred up controversy following the release of its trailer, is even more offensive than it at first appears.
- It attempts to tell the story of a teenager who was bullied for her weight and wants to get revenge on those who wronged her.
- By casting a thin actress in the main role, it fails to make its most basic point.
Netflix’s latest original series, “Insatiable,” is just as upsetting as its trailer. The show intends to criticize society’s standards of beauty in a satirical way, but gets completely lost amongst its intentionally and sensationally offensive content and characters.
When Netflix debuted the trailer for “Insatiable,” which drops Friday, it immediately stirred controversy and was accused of fat shaming. The trailer suggests the show is about a fat teenage girl who loses weight. Now that she’s skinny, she seeks revenge on her bullies. The trailer offended many by its casting of Debby Ryan, a thin woman who wears a fat suit at the start of the series. The casting and premise seemed to continue the tradition of excluding fat women, or anyone who doesn't meet society's standards for beauty, from Hollywood — even when it was purporting to tell their stories.
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