Mum's anger after daughter cast as overweight girl in school play?

[hbk4894]

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/overweight-schoolgirl-distraught-she-assigned-130151467.html#sefC2ku

Would you have taken the part?

[lostalex]

after seeing the pictures on the article, all i can say is... brilliant casting.

[Jordan.]

Screaming

[Cal.]

What a lil chick. Anyone who finds this funny is vile.

[Kizzy]

How insensitive, what on earth were they thinking?!

[Marsh.]

Augustus Gloop. :laugh2:

[Headie]

This is awful, not only because of the weight-casting, but the fact they gave her a male role too without even telling her.

Unfortunately the sad truth is that any television/theatre company in the world does some form of type-casting

[Marsh.]

Her daughter was so distraught and upset by this she sold the story to a newspaper and has it all over the internet. I'm sure her daughter appreciates that.

Anything for a quick buck. :idc:

[Niamh.]

Teachers joining in on the bullying? :/ Although bringing it to the papers is surely a terrible idea for the poor kid as well

[MB.]

She didn’t even audition for a part in the production.

:unsure:

[Kazanne]

How is this remotely funny,this is a kid obviously bullied for her weight,so people laughing and jesting would be ok if this was their daughter?

[Marsh.]

I don't think you need to audition.

When we did primary school productions, everyone had to take part and you were assigned roles by the teacher.

[MB.]

I don't think you need to audition.

When we did primary school productions, everyone had to take part and you were assigned roles by the teacher.

...in Year 8?

[Niamh.]

How is this remotely funny,this is a kid obviously bullied for her weight,so people laughing and jesting would be ok if this was their daughter?

I agree but you have to question the parents motives here as well by embarassing the poor kid evenmore by giving the story to a newspaper.

[MB.]

I don't think you need to audition.

When we did primary school productions, everyone had to take part and you were assigned roles by the teacher.

(#tbt to my Oscar-worthy primary school not-at-all-racially-insensitively-casted performance of Rama)

[Marsh.]

...in Year 8?

:hee: She looks very young for a high school kid.

Well it must be the same at her school.

I highly doubt they've just dragged her into a drama production randomly. So either her entire drama class are taking part or she's a member of some club and they've assigned her a role or whatever.

[Will.]

Where's my article...

When we visited Roald Dahl museum in year 3 I had to re in act Augustus Gloop getting stuck up a tube, they had like a min set :(

Everyone called my name straight out when the staff/tour guide said they needed someone to play him :(

[Marsh.]

(#tbt to my Oscar-worthy primary school not-at-all-racially-insensitively-casted performance of Rama)

:joker:

[Kazanne]

I agree but you have to question the parents motives here as well by embarassing the poor kid evenmore by giving the story to a newspaper.

I agree,it's a silly thing to do,I don't know their motives,it could make things worse for her,I don't know.I still feel really sorry for that kid though.

[Denver]

I agree,it's a silly thing to do,I don't know their motives,it could make things worse for her,I don't know.I still feel really sorry for that kid though.

I tell you what the mothers motive are, money I'm sure she was offered a few hundred for her story

[lostalex]

if this girl really wants to be an actress, she's gonna have to get used to this ****. how many leading ladies are fat in hollywood? only one... Melissa McCarthy... why is she a leading lady? because she can laugh at herself! toughen up girl.

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[MB.]

...I'm pretty sure she doesn't want to be an actress...

[Amy Jade]

When I was in school we were given parts like a draw, whoever wanted lead roles put their name in a box and our teacher picked - could be that because she was off sick she simply got the part nobody wanted.

It worked out well for me in our plays I got to play Rizzo from Grease and Penny in Hairspray but I got stuck being an evil tree, an Oz worker in Wizard Of Oz when I wanted to be Dorothy SO bad!

[lostalex]

...I'm pretty sure she doesn't want to be an actress...

well not with that attitude.

[Kazanne]

I tell you what the mothers motive are, money I'm sure she was offered a few hundred for her story

Probably,none of us really know,maybe she was just so angry and wanted to shame the school .

[Jake.]

“Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, I love the chocolate, I must eat all the time!”

me

[JoshBB]

after seeing the pictures on the article, all i can say is... brilliant casting.

Such a nasty thing to say.. this girl is twelve.

[lostalex]

Such a nasty thing to say.. this girl is twelve.

augustus was around that age too, wasn't he?

if they pull her hair back and put her in some lederhosen she absolutely looks like a fat 12 y/o german boy.

[Ammi]

..it seems insensitive that she was cast in the part if she didn't ask to do it...but the article says that the school have asked her mother to come in and discuss it and said they would investigate why the part was given, but she's refused to even talk about it.../yet she's totally fine with discussing it in the media..?...I'm not sure really whether that seems in her daughter's best interests, to just refuse to discuss something that is making her daughter unhappy and causing her distress.../odd...

[Amy Jade]

I think the parent is the disgusting person here, that girl will get soooooo much crap after this whereas if the mum had simply talked to the school it could have been resolved so easily.

[lostalex]

..it seems insensitive that she was cast in the part if she didn't ask to do it...but the article says that the school have asked her mother to come in and discuss it and said they would investigate why the part was given, but she's refused to even talk about it.../yet she's totally fine with discussing it in the media..?...I'm not sure really whether that seems in her daughter's best interests, to just refuse to discuss something that is making her daughter unhappy and causing her distress.../odd...

i think the school was just trying to get her involved in something to help her have more social interaction. The mother mentions that her daughter has had problems in the past, not making friends, and maybe some learning difficulties.

At my school all the biggest freaks and kids that had social problems all gravitated to drama, it's a very supportive environment. I'm sure the school was just trying to help.

[Kate!]

I was always a narrator for school plays never got to be an angel or ehatever but this is quite humiliating. Why sell the story though. Just prolonging the agony. Poor kid.

[Dollface]

i think the school was just trying to get her involved in something to help her have more social interaction. The mother mentions that her daughter has had problems in the past, not making friends, and maybe some learning difficulties.

At my school all the biggest freaks and kids that had social problems all gravitated to drama, it's a very supportive environment. I'm sure the school was just trying to help.

By giving her the role of an overweight boy? :conf: Funny way of helping.

[user104658]

OK, if it was one of mine I would be extremely angry. However..... .. ... ... ... ...... .. :hehe:

[lostalex]

By giving her the role of an overweight boy? :conf: Funny way of helping.

i meant by trying to introduce her to a community where she can be someone else, most drama/theater kids find solace in that aspect of drama/theater, no matter what is happening in the rest of their lives at school, they can be in a supportive creative community where they get to be someone else for a while.

I wasn't into drama/theater, but my best friend was, so i saw how they were, and it was a collection of the kids who felt out of place, but they were very supportive of each other.

[Dollface]

i meant by trying to introduce her to a community where she can be someone else, most drama kids find solace in that aspect of drama, no matter what is happening in the rest of their lives, they can be in a supportive creative community where they get to be someone else for a while.

Fair enough if they gave her the role of Violet (although even that would have been a bit off because Violet blows up like a balloon lol) or that other girl that's really bratty, but they gave her a role of an overweight boy, which rather than helping her to make friends would most likely cause further bullying and/or humiliation imo

[lostalex]

I think it was the mom who took offense not the daughter.