[Jake.]

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

me

[JoshBB]

Originally Posted by lostalex

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]

Originally Posted by JoshBB

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]

Originally Posted by 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...

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]

Originally Posted by lostalex

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? Funny way of helping.

[user104658]

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

[lostalex]

Originally Posted by Dollface

By giving her the role of an overweight boy? 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]

Originally Posted by lostalex

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.