Something Other Than Mom, Fat Friend, and Mrs Claus
I liked this article about "Fat Pig," the play by Neil LaBute.
"By the scene late in the play set at Tom's company beach party, in which Helen walks on in a bathing suit, an audience is thinking of Helen in a way fat people rarely are in American culture: as a sexual being. We're unsettled by the vulnerable position in which a woman can place herself through the simple act of baring her arms. If we look hard enough, the playwright seems to be saying, maybe we can learn to stop staring."
I'm sure, since it's Neil LaBute, the play ultimately goes on to break your heart. But what a great role for an overweight actress to get to play, eh?
"By the scene late in the play set at Tom's company beach party, in which Helen walks on in a bathing suit, an audience is thinking of Helen in a way fat people rarely are in American culture: as a sexual being. We're unsettled by the vulnerable position in which a woman can place herself through the simple act of baring her arms. If we look hard enough, the playwright seems to be saying, maybe we can learn to stop staring."
I'm sure, since it's Neil LaBute, the play ultimately goes on to break your heart. But what a great role for an overweight actress to get to play, eh?
posted by mo pie at 9:48 PM
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That's playing in my town and while part of me would love to go see it, I have a bad feeling it would end up sending me into a complete emotional tailspin. Just reading the synopsis dredges up a ton of bad memories.
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