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Video Analysis: To Be Fat Like Me
To Be Fat Like Me is nutritional video that stresses the concern for weight management. This video has sparked intense emotions, thoughts, and ideas about people and my thoughts and actions in life. Throughout the video, people in the movie bullied people that were obese and unfit as they were. I began to hate those people that put down others either for their entertainment or to make themself feel better. I also began to see how people that were overweight felt through the eyes of Ramona,who was actually overweight in the movie. I began to understand how obese people felt when Ramona made it very clear only you have the right to an opinion on your body not others. Some people believe that being overweight or underweight makes you unpopular.
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