Talk:Juanita Solis/@comment-5066566-20110819225943/@comment-392210-20110820005946

I've thought about that as well. However, clearly when the girls were cast the producers were looking for fat children, and thus the kids and the parents already knew what the parts recquired: for the kids to be obese. So, it's not like they could have gone there and be blindsighted by all the fat jokes. Also, none of those stories ended on a negative note. They all ended with Gabrielle reassuring her daughter that she was beautiful despite being fat, and I think that's rather empowering and touching and meaningful, all good things. Considering Madison's going into her forth season with that character (a fan favorite), I'm sure she doesn't mind. I want to believe that it taught her to be self-conscious, but in a positive way, and proud of herself. Still, Ricardo tried to get the girls out of some table reads during season 5 to protect them to some extent from all the fat talk.