Read Fat Pig A Play Neil LaBute 9780571211500 Books
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Cow. Slob. Pig. How many insults can you hear before you have to stand up and defend the woman you love? Tom faces just that question when he falls for Helen, a bright, funny, sexy young woman who happens to be plus sized-and then some. Forced to explain his new relationship to his shallow (although shockingly funny) friends, finally he comes to terms with his own preconceptions of the importance of conventional good looks. Neil LaBute's sharply drawn play not only critiques our slavish adherence to Hollywood ideals of beauty but boldy questions our own ability to change what we dislike about ourselves.
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"I HATED this book until I got to the end. I LOVE this book. I think I liked it because I could associate the characters with people I know."
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Fat Pig A Play Neil LaBute 9780571211500 Books Reviews
- Awesome, really opens your eyes about the judgement not only fat women get, but also the men that "dare" to find them attractive. Would love to see on stage one day, some characters will make you angry but it's funny.
- Awesome play. Perfect condition
- A painful read, though well worth it. Truly highlights the degradation of humanity.
- Great book
- Just reading through it didn't take that long, but I never expected to get so rapped up in a plot so quickly. It was amazing and emotional and the quality of the writing shows in how quickly I became invested in the main characters if in nothing else.
- I HATED this book until I got to the end. I LOVE this book. I think I liked it because I could associate the characters with people I know.
- I saw this play in the theatre before I read it. And I read it after I saw the play because I am always curious about how stories translate from one medium to another, in this case from the page to the stage. Though, unlike a novel that becomes a movie, a play is written with the intent to stage but a lot of what happens in the theatre involves more than the writing. Actors' interpretation, director's vision, lighting, set design, etc. - all of the colloborative theatrical arts play a role in how I experience a play.
So.
I wanted to see how the WRITING would stand on its own.
I think part of the reason why I give this play three stars is not because Labute didn't deliver on the page necessarily. To be fair, a lot of the shock value of the play's conclusion (as in final scene) was gone. I left the theatre with my mouth hanging open, deeply disturbed on a variety of levels (in that thought-provoking indie-artsy way). So when I read the play, I already knew what was coming and so I was reading less for the story and more for the execution.
I think it works. Though I will say, on the page, Fat Pig got a bit tiring when the lovers were not in a scene. The supporting characters' viscious shenanigans begin to wear page after page, like a high pitched siren. It's still kinda tough even when humans are actually speaking these lines,but at least there is something to look at to break the monotony.
Would I have given this, say a four or five star rating had I read the play first vs. seeing it? Well, I'll never know. But I'm thinking that what makes the play work is it's shock value. And once you know the "punchline," it doesn't have staying power strictly as writing - though it absolutely does thematically. I could, by contrast, read "Streetcar Named Desire" a million times and still find something juicy to savor each time, even though I know the play's shocking conclusion. Can't say the same thing about READING this play.
Now, LaButes's play The Shape of Things - did work for me as a multiple read AFTER I saw the play (as a movie)I would give that one five stars. I think the characters were more fleshed and therefore more engaging.
STILL. I love this guy. I mean, you know, his writing. And if you can't see Fat Pig on stage, then YEAH, read it.
Gina Greenlee, author ofHush Life, a fiction debut - excellent play, well worth the money
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