

Bennett drops in transcripts from TV talk shows and news reports to demonstrate just how ingrained is the prejudice against fat people in American culture, and she obviously wants to challenge popular notions of weight, self-image and beauty.

Her popularity turns to ashes and she becomes alienated from herself, ""a prisoner in a fat suit""-and her troubles have only begun. Upon this paragon, Bennett (Did You Hear About Amber?) visits a made-up disease, which makes Lara balloon past 200 pounds, no matter how little she eats and how much she exercises. Lara Ardeche seems to have everything-the perfect boyfriend, a roomful of beauty pageant trophies, a talent for the piano and terrific looks-and as her saga begins, she is crowned homecoming queen of her Nashville high school.
