You should be watching Dietland, it’s really—ah shit, it’s canceled
Whatever the flaws of Dietland’s first season—and there were flaws—AMC’s ambitious, intriguing series was a welcome presence. It told a story, adapted from Sarai Walker’s book of the same name, about a woman and her body that didn’t focus on self-control or finding love despite who you are. Instead, Dietland dwelled on the possibility that the weight-loss industry is a “massive male-dominated conspiracy by the fashion industry to keep women in a perpetual state of insecurity and to promote rape culture,” as Gwen Inhat put it in her pre-air review. It had a terrific central performance from Joy Nash. It was bold and weird and smart and funny. The voiceovers were bad, but that’s a minor complaint. And now it’s dead. Happy Friday.
