Monday, April 20, 2015

I'm the boss!





You will do as I say, when I say it. A mindset that inspired "Heavyweights" (1995) the best movie featuring a weight loss camp in America.

During the movie the campers angered by poor conditions and 'heavy' sanctions set by Camp Hope owner Tony Perkis, revolt against him, all the while accomplishing their goal to win the Apache Relay race. It's a heart warming story of a group of misfits overcoming adversity through team work. But they still failed their leader set goal, the true reason they were at Camp Hope. They did not lose the weight (at least not right away) they failed. Because of bad leadership.

Perkis saw their failure as a lack of effort and a front against himself as leader. He was trying to help them lose weight with the Perkis Method and they were going to do it together! Perkis's goal for the group was so different that it drove the campers to revolt, and drove perkis insane(r).


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