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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone been thinking about the actress playing the younger Kate? I feel sad for her. Her main storyline is that she is an overweight child. The actress playing her certainly knows she was cast because she is chubby. I hope they are not setting her up to have issues as a result. The actress playing the adult Kate also knows that her weight was crucial to being cast but she's an adult, not a child whose self-identity is still being formed.[/quote]

She has a recurring role in a series on a prime time major network series. Very happy for her!

It's a role that requires acting chops, as opposed to slapstick comic relief. That's not a dig at successful comediennes who are overweight, but it's a break from the typecasting that overweight actors face. Moreover, the role takes a serious look at the long term impact that bullying has on kids. I think it was brilliant to show her as an exuberant, confident kid and then the adult she turned out be. Did anyone catch the irony that her twin was a scaredy cat about taking risks and then turned into a guy who dives headfirst into them?  He leads with self-deprecation to break the ice in every situation, while Kate can't break the ice anywhere because her feelings about herself rule her life. [/quote]

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