This “Dietland” is a lot of things. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. I’d say she’d get along famously with Miranda Priestly from The Devil Wears Prada, except that the far smarter Miranda would disintegrate her in an instant with a withering glance. Noxon, who developed the series for television and directed the pilot, is trying to create an overall experience here, trying everything she can think of to put the audience in Plum’s shoes. Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. There are moments that are reminiscent of lighter dramedies, like Sex and the City and Ugly Betty, but there’s also a streak of Handmaid’s Tale–esque feminist rebellion constantly cutting through any sense of pure escapism.
This lack of trust in Plum is so ironic it hurts; one of the character’s main issues is a lack of faith in herself — in her beauty, inside and out. Early on, Plum Kettle (Joy Nash) alerts the audience that her voice is indeed coming from the future, framing the new AMC drama as a memoir of sorts.
Holmes, a.k.a the torture doctor. There are strange, animated dream sequences and equally odd visions Plum experiences while awake — one of which involves a man dressed in a tiger suit who’s there to have sex with her. The novel explores the beauty industry and society's obsession with weight loss. It’s all… a lot, but it also takes away from Plum’s core story. On paper, as a character, Plum may be defined a bit too much by her weight, but Nash’s portrayal makes her multidimensional. If you’ve read Sarai Walker’s novel of the same name, then you’ll have some sense of the tonal shifts in this AMC series, adapted by Marti Noxon of UnREAL and Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce fame.
Plum writes Kitty’s Letters to the Editor column, which means she reads and responds to pleas from young women mired in various states of desperation. The weight of her sadness, helped by Nash's devastating performance, sometimes overwhelms the series, which could have veered more toward comedy.
Photo: Patrick Harbron/AMC/AMC Film Holdings LLC. Aaron Sorkin’s Annoying Tics Are Actually Good in. Interviews with leading film and TV creators about their process and craft. Plus: The case of H.H. But it’s clear after the premiere that Nash’s performance and character are compelling; far more compelling than some weird terrorist plot, a delusion-driven sex tiger, and some secret agenda to bring down a powerful media mogul. You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. The protagonist of "Dietland" is a 300+ pound woman named Alicia (Plum) Kettle While that last point could develop nicely alongside Plum’s arc, putting all of the plot lines together turns them into distractions more than effective talking points; “Dietland” needs to prioritize Plum if they want their broader points to connect. Even the opening titles — which feature that animated version of Plum climbing up a Candy Land–esque mountain of sweets, becoming skinnier and skinnier until she finally reaches the top and becomes an exhausted, collapsing cadaver — are more than a little macabre. Although she's a gifted writer with multiple academic degrees, she scrapes by ghostwriting answers to letters to Kitty (Julianna Margulies), her boss at a teen beauty magazine, pretending to be the stylish and thin editor. The smartly written dark dramedy, created by Marti Noxon (UnREAL), is a delectable expression of feminist anger, a parable that eviscerates the patriarchy.
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The rapper used Megan Thee Stallion’s shooting to promote the 17-track album, which allegedly tells his side of the story. Dietland's most revolutionary aspect is the explicit way it deals with Plum's body type. It's one part personal drama about Plum's relationship to her body, one part magical realist soap opera and one part revenge fantasy. It's just rather intense. Not that the new series, based on Sarai Walker's novel, isn't good.
Contrary to that assertion, her primary source of income deals with very adult issues. “Dietland’s” plot is about showing her she’s wrong and saving her from an oppressive culture built to make women feel bad about themselves. (See also: The show’s not-even-slightly-veiled references to the harassment accusations against fashion photographer Terry Richardson.) Nash makes Plum immediately relatable (for reasons beyond her weight issues), which makes the persistent narration all the more annoying. The television adaptation of the book "Dietland" is a showcase for Joy Nash, but the TV show around her is too cluttered. Dietland is the debut novel by Sarai Walker that was first published on May 26, 2015 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Looks like you're in the UK. Questions about rape, cutting, and suicide flood Kitty’s inbox, and Plum responds in her voice with the heightened intellect Kitty wants to convey.
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