Hi Tjmohr,

I’m going to throw an alternative view out for consideration. ?Is getting laid a realistic goal for a teen who’s had a heart attack? ?Wouldn’t this completely rock their world? ?It feels at odds and a little crude to me. ?The timescale for him losing weight could be linked to something much more life affirming and worthwhile? (Avoiding an early grave, I get.)

The sudden impact of mortality on a demographic which is usually at a point in their lives when they feel immortal/have all the time in the world would be much more life shattering – I think it would be hard to wring comedy out of it. ?Black comedy, yes, but a comedic film?

To me this read more like an inspirational movie. ?A teen who is a mama’s boy suddenly gets a taste of mortality and he has to flip his life around. ?Once shunned, or made fun of, he starts to change his health for the better and his peers grow to support him more and more. ?He matures and cuts the apron strings whilst on a mission to save his own life and become independent.

I can see it being delivered with dark comedic elements rather than being saccharine, but feel you could shed light upon a sad subject people may not be aware of.

Kids have heart attacks and strokes, even babies in the womb have them – this boy would probably also feels shame that he’s brought this on himself (if it is solely due to his weight) and probably also blame his mama for feeding him/giving in to him.