From
the inside flap
“Plum
Kettle does her best not to be noticed, because when you’re fat, to be noticed
is to be judged. Or mocked. Or worse. With her job answering fan mail for a
popular teen girls’ magazine, she is biding her time until her weight-loss
surgery. Only then can her true life begin.
“But
when Plum notices she’s being followed by a mysterious woman in colorful tights
and combat boots, she finds herself falling down a rabbit hole into the world
of Calliope House, a community of women who live life on their own terms.
Reluctant but intrigued, Plum agrees to a series of challenges that force her
to deal with the real cost of becoming ‘beautiful.’ At the same time, a
dangerous guerilla group begins to terrorize a world that mistreats women, and
as Plum grapples with her personal struggles, she becomes entangled in a
sinister plot. The consequences are explosive.”
Review
Dietland is a
good, entertaining Fight Club-esque
take on the beauty industry and the cultural norms that drive and derive from
it. It is slightly gentler in its feminine tone and delivery than Fight, making Dietland its own distinctive novel, more than a sly, subversive
knock-off of the aforementioned Chuck Palahniuk work─worth reading, this.
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Created
by Marti Noxon, the resulting television show debuted on the AMC television channel on
June 4, 2018. The first season ran for ten episodes, with a second season most
likely to follow.
Joy
Nash played Plum Kettle. Tamara Tunie played Julia Smith. Robin Weigert played
Verena Baptist. Rowena King played Cheryl Crane-Murphy.
Adam
Rothenberg played Dominic O’Shea. Erin Darke played Leeta Albridge. Ricardo Dávilla
played Eladio. Julianna Margulies played Kitty Montgomery. Campbell Scott
played Stanley Austen. Kelly Hu played Abra Austen.
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