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I recently read an US Weekly article about the overweight child actress, Madison de la Garza, on Desperate Housewives. Critics fear that the actress's self-esteem will suffer from being ridiculed on television. I certainly feel bad for that little girl. It's one thing for an adult to decide to be the butt of a joke on TV; it is something else for parents or an agent to decide that. At one point in the show, Gaby is driving the car and making her daughter, Juanita (played by de la Garza) run after her- for exercise. Every time Juanita gets close, Gaby drives a little further. It's so degrading. The producers claim that they arrange the shooting schedule so Madison doesn't see the jokes about her being filmed. But at the end of the article, they talk about the actress watching the episodes with her family. So obviously she realizes that she is being made fun of. Child obesity is serious. And the show is making it into a joke. A fat joke. I really don't approve.
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Did you see the article in Sundays Newsday about foods in the school systems on LI? I was curious what your thoughts on it was. Its a 3 part series.
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