Controversy over Nicole Arbour's "Dear Fat People" Video

Comedian and Youtube “star”, Nicole Arbour, has received much attention during the past month with her controversial and opinionated videos. On Spetember 3^rd, Arbour published one video in particular that set the world on fire. Arbour’s video called, “Dear Fat people” has received over 5 million views, and counting; however, how many of those views left/leave the spectators on a positive note?

I encountered this video on Facebook as I saw many of my friends sharing it. After watching the video, I was left unentertained, as I found the “comedian” to lack comedy itself. I love comedy- and pretty much everything could make me laugh- but after the video ended, I was actually frustrated. Not only was she pointing out the insecurities of other people, she looked as though she was trying too hard to be humorous and popular. She looked absolutely stupid and I felt secondhand embarrassment for her. If this is what comedy has come to, and I know for sure that it hasn’t, then comedy is ruined. I believe those who stand beside this horrible “comedian” are just as dim-witted and need to go out and watch real comedy. Also, Jenna Marbles should be honored because it seems as though Arbour really wants to be like her. My thoughts are, if you want to be a comedian, at least try to be original and clever- use your own identity. Also, if you want to post a controversial video, you should not be a coward and disable users to comment. Take the criticism and suck it up. As I know that many more Americans are enraged about this video, the question is, should this video even be online?

According to USA today, “after her viral video ‘Dear Fat People’ received outcry from commenters and leaders in the body acceptance community, her YouTube and Google+ channels were temporarily disabled Sunday.” The comedian then tweeted, “We literally broke the Internet… With comedy. #censorship”

In YouTube’s policies, harmful videos are taken very seriously and they are known to suspend on your account; however, where is the line drawn when it comes to comedy? Eventually, YouTube enabled Arbour’s account, after Arbour claimed that her comedy was censored and that she didn’t break any rules in the guidelines. The YouTube committee was not happy that they had to enable the account, but I guess the First Amendment is a thing.

Even though Arbour wins with the fight for her account, she is losing due to her excessive loss of viewers, and the negative reputation she is building upon herself. According to E News, Arbour was out of a job due to her controversial video. Director Pat Mills made a statement to Zap2it, discussing how he really liked Arbour and how he was ready to work with her on his new body-positive dancing movie, “Don’t Talk to Irene.” When he saw Arbour’s video, he was completely disgusted as the video went against the theme of the movie. “Bullies like Nicole Arbour are the reason I am making this movie,” he says. “I’m tired of body shaming. It’s everywhere,” states Mills. Adios, Arbour.

I guess you can gain a lot of attention after making a really controversial video, but how much of that attention is positive? Is it worth making a controversial video just for the attention, or will it hurt you in the long run? 

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