Comments on: May be triggering: Precious movie trailer http://fatchic.net/2009/11/10/may-be-triggering-precious-movie-trailer/ Plus size clothing finds for fabulous women Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:35:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joyce http://fatchic.net/2009/11/10/may-be-triggering-precious-movie-trailer/comment-page-1/#comment-14552 Joyce Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:04:47 +0000 http://fatchic.net/?p=2701#comment-14552 I saw this film yesterday and I don't think this is a film about being fat or the politics of fat. Of course Precious does get her share of negative comments about her size and they figure into her sense of self in a negative way. But believe me when I say that fat comments are such a minor part of her problems, none of which are self-inflicted, that we would wish that was all she had to deal with. Her life is and has been horrendous - almost beyond description - almost since birth. I think that rather than being a movie about fatness, this is a movie about redemption; a movie about the potential impact of caring people; a movie about moving beyond abuse and horror to sanity. especially for the next generation. The new young actress who portrays Precious does so with enormous sensibility and verisimilitude. Precious' triumph in this movie as portrayed by Gabourey Sidibe is truly of heroic proportions. And I would wonder about the soundness of the soul of anyone who watches this movie and at the end is still thinking (disgustedly) of Precious as just some fat girl. As to the comment of the reviewer in the video, well I wouldn't pay her too much attention. To suggest that if theme is an old one then using it again is redundant is ridiculous. This movie is no clone of any of the others she mentions. I saw this film yesterday and I don’t think this is a film about being fat or the politics of fat. Of course Precious does get her share of negative comments about her size and they figure into her sense of self in a negative way. But believe me when I say that fat comments are such a minor part of her problems, none of which are self-inflicted, that we would wish that was all she had to deal with. Her life is and has been horrendous – almost beyond description – almost since birth. I think that rather than being a movie about fatness, this is a movie about redemption; a movie about the potential impact of caring people; a movie about moving beyond abuse and horror to sanity. especially for the next generation.

The new young actress who portrays Precious does so with enormous sensibility and verisimilitude. Precious’ triumph in this movie as portrayed by Gabourey Sidibe is truly of heroic proportions. And I would wonder about the soundness of the soul of anyone who watches this movie and at the end is still thinking (disgustedly) of Precious as just some fat girl.

As to the comment of the reviewer in the video, well I wouldn’t pay her too much attention. To suggest that if theme is an old one then using it again is redundant is ridiculous. This movie is no clone of any of the others she mentions.

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