Reckless Stunt or Artistic Genius?

He lost 63 pounds for the role. From 184 pounds to 121. The gaunt, waking dead Christian Bale was not under the care of a doctor, nor concerned about his health. Though he barely had the energy to speak, he found it entertaining and compared it to being in a "zen like space." Though his vertebrate/bones protuded, and eye sockets sunken, he felt confidant he would be fine. During the course of the movie, he daily diet consisted of some coffee and sometimes an apple "if [he] felt like it." A scene requiring he consume some chicken, distressed him since, he noted, just a few bites would appear alarmingly on his gaunt face, thus foiling his hard-earned anorexic progress. Now, its all the media buzz, and Bale joins the elite ranks of like minded Hollywood contortionists such as Robert DeNiro, who conversely gained 6o pounds fTom Hanks, with a 50 pound weight loss for Castaway abd Charlize Cheron with a 43 pound gain for Monster - coincidentally? all academy award winners/nominees.

What do you think about actors/public figures dramatically contriving their bodies for the sake of a flick? IE: Renee Zellweger gaining 20 pounds for Bridget Jones generously "normalizing" her "Movie Star Body." Or what about Morgan Spurlock, who went on a 3 square McDonalds meal a day diet for the puporse of his creating his documentaray Super Size Me.
In about 30 days, he gained about as many pounds and apparantely alarmed his doctors so serverely, they were practically begging him on camera to stop his madness, comparing the liver damage being done to his once fit body to that of what might result from years of raging alcoholism.

I think its creepy.
And dangerous.
Both for them and us seein' as how impressionable we public are, and how already terribly inclined towards eating disorders. The modern day relationship to food is generally odd anyway, don't you think? What the hell is packaged food about anyway? And preservatives? And, think about the concept of candy; consuming something that does absolutely nothing for the body nutritionally? How weird IS that when u think about it? So, why can't our bodies figure it out and reject it the way we'd reject eating the wall or a piece of carpet. Like, "Duh! There's no need to eat that Indigo!!" Instead, i contend with constant demonic cravings......