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A SNIPPET: A Single Man, quite apart from its theme of loss and redemption, is characterised by Isherwood’s vitriolic disdain for American bourgoise values and consumerism.' I have that same criticism’, Ford says. 'I am disgusted by the dumbing down of America; disgusted by where we are as a culture - I’m disgusted by the obesity in America. Obesity - it’s such a perfect metaphor for the over-abundance of everything.’