Uh-oh! Has Netflix made a boo-boo?
It’s new series Insatiable, which premieres tomorrow, has caused quite a bit of chatter, but probably not in the way producers were hoping.
The show centers around Patty, a bullied, overweight high school student who loses a ton of weight after having her jaw wired shut, returning to school as a total knockout and vowing to seek revenge on everyone who ever made fun of her.
We haven’t seen the show, so we’ll withhold judgement, but so far critics don’t seem terribly impressed with it.
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Tim Goodman over at The Hollywood Reporter calls it “trite”, “dumb”, “annoying” and “unfunny” with too many gay jokes.
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Insatiable also loves low-hanging humor, with lame sex jokes, gay jokes and body-related jokes being of particular fancy, as evidenced by a string of them built around ‘anal cancer’ references (‘We have to bring anal cancer out of the closet. It’s a silent but deadly killer’), etc.”
Carrie Whittmer at The Business Insider was particular turned off by the shows treatment of women.
Insatiable uses dated clichés. It pits all its female characters against each other, makes jokes about statutory rape and molestation, and has a cast full of thin women. Characters, both male and female, constantly call women things like ‘crazy,’ ‘insane,’ and ‘bitch’, and its main character at one point calls another woman ‘a resting anus face of a wife.'”
Prior to the show’s release, a change.org petition gathered over 230,000 signature of people calling on Netflix to cancel the show, accusing it of “fat shaming” and being “toxic” to viewers, particularly “young girls”.
Like we said, we haven’t seen the show, so we’re withholding any judgements for the time being. But what do you think? Will you be tuning into Insatiable?
Watch the trailer below.
barkomatic
It comes out tomorrow for us regular folk but I will certainly be watching. Anytime there is overwhelming controversy over a program –especially one that others want to prevent you from seeing–it basically become your duty to see it before they take it down. It might end up being boring or truly offensive but I’ll make that call for myself and not others.
Brian
Let’s please stop using the word “outrage.” People can have vague concerns without it being “outrage.” You’re looking to create something salacious, not them.
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ike5280
Why do we have to find EVERYTHING so offensive these days. Can’t shit just be silly sometimes.
QueerTruth
Perhaps we should watch it before assuming it’s silly or not.
topsyturvy
“An ugly girl undergoes plastic surgery and becomes beautiful. She then takes revenge on all the people who mistreated her when she was ugly.”
The Girl Most Likely to … (1973). One of the great TV Movies of the Week, back when that was a thing. Starring Stockard Channing and co-written by Joan Rivers
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070112/?ref_=nv_sr_1
roblebald77
LOVE that movie!!!! If you like fun, goofy horror movies there is a really fun one with Jenna Dewan called Tamara.
Paco
It seems like everyday we are instructed to be outraged about something. Even for things that have yet to air, not allowing people to decide for themselves.
theafricanwiththemouth
With all this “outrage”, seems like its going to be a good show. I’ll definitely give it a shot.
Jack Meoff
Using outdated gay cliches as a punchline is just lazy and unfunny and usually comes from uninformed straight writers who don’t have any imagination. I don’t find it offensive as such but I do wonder how these people who still use this kind of humour still have a job.
PinkoOfTheGange
sure why not?
Goforit
Certainly not outraged but not interested either. I have better things to do with 90 minutes of my life.
Kangol
It looks like a tissue of the same old clichés about high school, with about half the wit and zero originality. And the premise involves a formerly overweight girl who gets assaulted, has her mouth wired shut, and then loses weight to return as a blond beauty? With lots of jokes at the expense of gay people? And an Asian American girl getting repeatedly punched in the face? Just ugh, no thanks.
tham
How did it get 230,000 signatures before it’s come out yet?
That seems…odd.
misterjack
This show is a total rip off of a 1970’s made-for-tv movie called ‘The Girl Most Likely To…?’ starring Stockard Channing and Ed Asner. Funny as hell movie, if you can find it.
Wolfie
So many triggered snowflakes. So little time to slap them all.
DCguy
Oh look, another troll account. Sweetie, if you’re going to come onto this page, you may want to stop using the FOX News memo’d words. It makes it REALLY easy to spot you trolls.
Wolfie
DC Guy. Oh look another triggered snowflake. Bet you are a Social Justice Warrior too. Oh and by the way I am a Progressive and long time gay activist. I just think that shit like this is stupid when there are real problems in the world, like i don’t know like FULL LGBT FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS to worry about. Where is the petition with a quarter of a million signatures on iy for that?
russdog
@Wolfie: You can’t claim to be a “Progressive” and still use Social Justice Warrior against someone as an insult. You think we should be worried about real problems in the world like LGBT civil rights, yet you don’t seem to understand what true social justice is and what fighting for it entails. Perhaps calling someone a “snowflake” signals your true position.
Terrycloth
The hype and reviews for Blank Panther were over the top.the acting the special effects were awful..I heard so many things about Call me by your name I just bought it without seeing it. It too was just ok..Armie Hammer seemed way too old…it could have used some heavy editing cut like 40 minutes. It was slow..I have imbd app I watch trailers and read actual reviews from people who watched it in theaters those I believe.
dinard38
First off….. Black Panther was not terrible and the acting was not bad. Are you one of those that go against the status quo just to be oppositional defiant??? You don’t like it just because it was very popular????
Second……what the hell does Black Panther have to do with this article??
Caligari
Blank Panther?
Xzamilloh
It’s probably not even that good, but the outrage factor from critics and people that haven’t even seen it yet will pique curiosity.
You know, some shows just exist purely for entertainment and don’t require a moral or poignant message wrapped in satire.
jjose712
People are outraged every minute right now. We’ll see if it’s that offensive but i don’t like censorship, if the show is that bad it will be cancelled anyway
ShowMeGuy
If people are outraged and want to ensure that I never have to be tormented with seeing it…..I love it already and it is my new favorite show.
russdog
You don’t have to watch it. It’s not as if the show is an active shooter that must be stopped.
leecee
I have watched several episodes, and the show is a hoot. I am enjoying it. No outrage here.
startenout
I liked it.