SYNOPSIS:
Unfolding over a year’s time and in five seasons, THE BUMBLEBEE PROJECT is the voice-driven and hopeful story of Frankie Sawyer, a twenty-four year old anorexic woman saving horses from slaughter in present-day Arizona. Explicably drawn to emaciated horses down on their luck, the parallels to her own life are obvious, even to Frankie.
Stalked by a less than stellar childhood, Frankie is reluctant to give therapy another try with Doctor Xavier, the eighth therapist in a long line of failed therapies. Conflicted about giving up an illness that both comforts and soothes, and expecting another bumbling, inept therapist, Frankie is supported and validated, instead. Blind-sided by this new development, Frankie finds herself reevaluating her life on Planet Anorexia.
Approaching anorexia as a rite of passage in a young woman’s quest to find her most authentic, female self, Doctor Xavier lends Frankie’s illness a dignity and meaning beyond the surface appearance of a stubborn, malnourished young woman. Under his wise counsel, Frankie’s anorexia metamorphoses from mindless self-destruction into a springboard to a personal revolution.
An eclectic God, who loves pineapple on his pizza and folding origami swans, provides comic relief and insight into Frankie’s struggles with a higher power. James, Frankie’s patient boyfriend, embodies the plight of an outsider determined to understand. Cookie, Frankie’s five-year old self, is the vehicle to Frankie’s childhood, and Twinkie-eating, sexy Sunny, Frankie’s healthy alter-ego, offers a view of Frankie at her best.
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