My Mad Fat Diary

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I started reading this with high expectations. I haven't watched the tv series, but I normally love diary style books because they're usually full of humour and they're light reads for me. There will be spoilers in this review.

My Mad Fat Diary by Rae Earl | Waterstones

She admits she’s under more pressure than ever with the final series of Mad Fat Diary because she wants to get it right for the fans who have supported her. But she’s already got work lined up on Stag, a dark comedy for the BBC about a stag weekend, starring Reece Shearsmith. Then there’s Mountain Goats, a sitcom about a family of mountain-rescue volunteers, but Rae has clearly been the life-changing part. That’s the one she talks affectionately of, that brought recognition when buying lip gloss in Boots. Post Rae, she still has to fight for jobs, she insists. Every actor does. The future? “I don’t know,” she says brightly. “I’ll just need to go out and find one.” 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. She is the author of the 2007 book My Fat, Mad Teenage Diary (published in the U.S. as My Mad Fat Diary in 2016), a collection of the diaries she wrote as a teenager in the late 1980s. The diary describes the tribulations of being a fat girl with mental health difficulties, who lives in a council house with her mother and her mother's new Moroccan boyfriend. [1] A follow-up book, My Madder Fatter Diary Vol. 2, was published in 2014. Rooney received a Scottish Bafta nomination for best television actress for her performance as Rae. Now 26, she was also named in the 2013 Bafta breakthrough Brits list, an initiative to support the UK’s emerging talent. Yet until Mad Fat Diary, based on the 1990s diaries of author Rae Earl, she had been limited to working for Theatre in Education, a school-touring group, and was about to quit acting. “I said to my mum: ‘I don’t want to do this any more. It’s too hard. I’m not getting any decent parts and I don’t want to compromise who I am.’” What would she have done instead? “I wanted to be a nurse. I helped look after my gran when she was poorly and I always think there’s something really rewarding about helping people. That’s why Mad Fat Diary is so special.” Teenage viewers write to her about their problems – and Rooney has done a lot of research into mental health issues. “You’re not just making a TV show,” she says. “You’re helping people to see that life is good.” I come from Stamford in Lincolnshire. It’s where a lot of TV and films are shot because it hasn’t changed much in 500 years. My childhood was like most people’s – a mixture of lovely and very odd. Lovely because I spent a lot of time with good friends, music and tadpoles. Odd because I spent a lot of time worrying about everything – like war, murderers and poisonous mushrooms (don’t ask). I was a bit weird. Like we all are.Sophie Stanton as Principal Dixon (series 2–3), Rae’s firm but fair headteacher at college who gives her several ‘second chances’ and encourages her to go to Bristol University. Epstein, Robert (20 January 2013). "TV Review: My Mad Fat Diary". The Independent. London . Retrieved 22 January 2013. When you were editing, did you try and get into the head of your 17-year-old self? Did you listen to music from the era and that sort of thing? I give this 4/5 stars, because I was not happy with the end! Not at all! But, like I said, it’s a diary. Things end, and there’s new beginnings.

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My Mad Fat Diary is a British teen comedy-drama television series that debuted on E4 on 14 January 2013. It is based on the novel My Fat, Mad Teenage Diary by Rae Earl. [1] 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.” I still have challenging days and I still would have no hesitation in going to get the correct help for that” says Earl. She would and does urge her young readers to seek professional help if they feel they’re struggling: “I tell them ‘you’ve got to go and talk to somebody about this. Don’t be frightened, they’ve heard it all before and worse’. And they honestly will have done.”Ciara Baxendale as Izzy, the sweet but ditzy girl of the group. Often cheerful and optimistic, Rae describes her as never having a negative thought. She is in a relationship with Chop. Channel 4: My Mad Fat Diary - Explore Rae's Bedroom". Channel 4. Channel 4 . Retrieved 6 February 2014.