The Queen's Rambles

I really wanted to like the new show, Bunheads. For those not in the know, it’s the newest creation from the creator of Gilmore Girls. I loved Gilmore Girls (most of the time), so I was excited that there might be another magical girly show with fast wit and quirky charcters! And really? This is almost a Gilmore Girls Redux. One main character comes straight from the cast of Gilmore Girls. The other main character could be a Lorelei clone in both looks and personality.

So I’ve been watching and trying to convince myself that it’s fun.

But it’s not.

It’s full of fat hate.

I could understand a lot of body issues with the girls. They are ballerinas after all. Ballerinas are supposed to look a certain way, so body image angst would be natural there. And believe me, there is angst. They are always picking on one girl for being fat. They dress her in high waisted pleated jeans! WTF??? There is some good–the dance teacher tries to encourage her. But the whole thing is very uncomfortable for me, even if it is understandable.

But the rest of the body hate? It’s just gross. There’s a fat mom who is always trying to give her daughter really unhealthy food. The mom is portrayed as supportive and fun, if scatter brained. As a fat woman myself, I’ve got to say that I would NEVER push unhealthy food on my children if they didn’t want it. I don’t want them to be fat! I will love them if they are fat, but it is a terrible way to live (until you finally reach acceptance, if you ever do) and I do everything in my power to get them to eat healthy food in correct portions.

The latest episode has a fat lady who is totally rude for no apparent reason. Then they spend quite a bit of time talking about how fat and rude she is. I think that did it for me. There was no point to the whole sequence other than pure fat hate.

The acting is bad, the plot is thin. I am not going to subject myself to fat hate just to hope to recapture some of the fun of a show I used to like. This is no Gilmore Girls.