We have Dallas Roberts’ Bob, a disgraced lawyer and beauty pageant enthusiast who attempts to find success by working with Debby Ryan’s Patty, whose size and weight have been the target of much ridicule and bullying from her schoolmates.
And at a base level, Insatiable’s plot does initially sound like it might be potentially unkind to overweight teens.
In a world where social media is a veritable life force, satire can often fly right over the heads of those only looking to the surface.
With the help of Bob and his wife Coralee (Alyssa Milano), Patty sheds pounds and becomes a stereotypical princess…except for the fact that she is obsessed with getting brutal revenge on everyone who wronged her in the past.