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My Mad Fat Diary

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In saying that, it was a particularly interesting read. Especially from the POV of someone so constantly bullied & harassed that she expected it, and made comments like "only one person had a go tonight". It's truly heartbreaking. Rooney says size has never bothered her. “I’ve always looked the same. I’ve just been bigger. It’s never been an issue, but I can see why in this industry it can be a nightmare. I think this show is helpful – Finn [Rae’s boyfriend] is not with her solely for the way she looks; he’s with her because she’s cool. People need to remember it’s not all about what size your clothes are – or what label. If I was a size 10 I would wake up and my gran still wouldn’t be here. My friend wouldn’t be here. I’d still have bills to pay. It wouldn’t make my life any better. I’d still have the same issues.” Is there pressure to change? “No. I have always known I wouldn’t play Cinderella,” she says, blithely. “I would play the fairy godmother or the ugly sister.” She smiles. “Even if I changed, I don’t think my personality would.”

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No. What happened was they kind of petered out at University as I discovered having a life and sex. Then, because if the inflammatory and embarrassing nature of them, I pretty much carried them around with me everywhere. I didn't really look at them, though. Then, in 2001, I was doing a breakfast show on the radio with my husband, and I was cleaning out a room at home, and I was just about to bin them, honestly just about to, and my husband said "What are they?" And I said "These are my teenage diaries," and he said "Okay, we're going to read them out on air." So we did, every day. Obviously the radio version was highly sanitised, what you can read out at 8:10am is fairly limited. You've got to limit the amount of distressing mental illness or hardcore sex. But in the book, we could just go for it. So I didn't really look at them in the intervening period at all, but when it came to publishing them, I went through them and was delighted, horrified, a mixture of many emotions. Despite Rae’s constant search for a father figure, it’s actually her mum who takes the brunt of her bad days. Claire Rushbrook plays Rae’s mum (real name Linda) as a terrifically fun and three-dimensional character. Linda can beat Rae’s one-liners any day, but she’s also a hugely emotional woman, who sometimes struggles to support Rae. Again, it’s a relationship that feels real, and the chemistry between the actors involved plays a large part in that.

So, to wrap things up – My Mad Fat Diary creates educational, entertaining and emotional TV from its component parts, presenting a lot of laughs alongside a heartfelt narrative and a brutally honest study of mental health. There are endearing performances throughout, and a plenty of juicy character arcs to get your teeth into. The series was nominated for multiple BAFTA awards, with Sharon Rooney winning in 2015 for Best Drama Actress.

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I needed to let off steam pretty much religiously every day! There might be four or five entries in one day, and maybe just one in another. There was also a separate book of poetry, and several sheets of paper with just random rants on as well. I wouldn't necessarily take my diary to school, so I'd need to get a bit of paper and rant on that. So sometimes there was a little bit and sometimes there was a lot. I'd originally started keeping a diary in the early 80s after seeing Ghostbusters, because I was so excited, but then I gave it up after about a year, and burnt it a few years later because it was full of nonsense. Then I started a diary in January 1989, principally because I needed to rant to somebody, I needed something I could confide in completely confidentially - despite hiding it in the most obvious place in the world, under my bed. I was convinced my mum would never think of looking there! I just needed something to talk to every night that was just mine.Yes, Teen Rae. Why are you fat? But you know, that question is irrelevant. That's like asking someone why the sky is blue. Answerless.

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