Fat Actress

...but unfortunately with this first episode of "Fat Actress," I don't think that she is. Overall, it just wasn't very funny. Moreover, I thought it was embarrassing for her. The jokes were forced, the plot was dental floss thin, and when my TiVo cut off the last minute of this show, I was relieved! I'm very happy that Kirstie Alley is able to make fun of her own weight. And I'm glad that she appears to be on the road to getting down to a more "comfortable" weight. But the show really missed the boat on what makes her story interesting.

Honestly, I think a reality show about her battle with losing weight would have been a HECK of a lot more interesting than a fictional comedy about the same topic.

Kirstie, I love you, but I hope you can come up with something better to bring back your career.

Excellent!!! Compliments to all the actors, this movie is refreshing, many times cruel, but courageous!!Madame Alley is going so far as possible in the self-derision and critics about the star-system.. She is a very beautiful and intelligent woman, she is fat because of the frustration and stress in a world, where you must stay young, pretty and thin. At the same time she proves us that talent has nothing to do with physical appearance. Her character is selfish,extravagant, it is the product of the fame: she was a star, and there is no reason for changing her behavior. The problem is that everybody finds that behavior ridiculous, ONLY because she is now too fat. Thank you madame Alley for amusing us and letting us think about a social phenomenon , that is getting worse and worse.

I watched this with a certain degree of skepticism. I didn't watch Cheers in the Alley years and have never seen any of the Look Who's Talkings but I did like Veronica's Closet. From the beginning I was laughing out loud. It's really funny and if you've ever struggled with weight and diets, you will love the extremist diets that Kirstie falls for. The Coi Diet is hilarious with the little people. I love Kelly Preston as psycho diet guru. All of her supporting cast (including guest stars as themselves) are great. It is a lot like Curb Your Enthusiam with the blend of real and not real. It's really good and kudos to Kirstie for making it (she writes and produces).

Being fat is something that has been taboo in Hollywood, as well as in fashion. Talk about an actor that has gained weight, and it will be the worst fate that happens to anyone in the movie industry.

Kristie Alley, is playing herself, and she's having a ball doing so. At least, it appears that way. If anyone could pull this off is Ms. Alley, who together with Brenda Hampton, has created this series for Showtime. It should be seen in network television as it brings down the myths about how being fat will be the end of a film or television career.

Enter Kristie Alley. She is one of the most natural and real persons in working in television these days. Sure, she has lost her figure, but is she a bad person for doing so? I don't think so. She's still the great fun person we met in movies and TV series where her uncanny knack for having a winning personality and telling it like it was, stole our hearts. We have a feeling what we see on the screen is pretty much like the real Kristie Alley.

The opening episode was good. The idea of being the ideal of a black man's fancy is carried out well. Ms. Alley and the cast played well together and we look forward to new installments to see what ensues in the life of this gorgeous woman.

OK folks. I have been hearing about Fat Actress for about 6 months now and my expectations have been VERY low for this new comedy starring Kirstie Alley. However, SO FAR this series on Showtime has been the funniest new show of 2005.

Fans of Larry Davids "Curb Your Enthusiasm" will immediately warm to the situational disasters, misunderstandings, and pure dumb luck that help propel "Fat Actress" through its first episode. Aided by cameos from Hollywood folks such as John Travolta and others, Kirstie plays herself, spending much of her recent life lying on the bathroom floor eating chocolates, and crying at the ceiling. It is her sheer desperation,cell phone smashing conversations with her agent, and the ineptitude of others that help her to launch her "New Career"(despite all the "groceries in her trunk"). Enough said. I greatly look forward to episode 2 tonight. P.S. Larry David...you have really started something....(Hollywood Verite????)