Sarah Paulson Regrets ‘Impeachment’ Fat Suit, Vows Not to Wear One Again: ‘Fat Phobia Is Real’
https://www.indiewire.com/2021/08/sarah-paulson-regrets-fat-suit-linda-tripp-1234660765/
shareI'm not sure what her issue is here:-
Is it because wearing a fat suit is wrong because it could be perceived to be mocking fat people for their burden (which is outside of their control) even if the real life character she was portraying in the show was fat?
Or is it because she believed that the role should have been played by a real life person of fatness so they could bring a true authenticity to the role which she couldn't - and therefore she'd robbed a person of fatness the role?
Being fat is not outside of someone's control. Diet and exercise exist.
sharePossibly. But that in itself is a bigger debate.
I was more just speculating whether that was Sarah Paulson's belief whilst regretting wearing the fat suit.
I don't understand why it would be a debate. There are plenty of success stories of people who were fat who found willpower and discipline in their lives and adjusted their diet and started exercising and became not-fat.
As for Paulson, everything is deemed offensive today so I'm not surprised she felt this also could be offensive. The article indicates that she thinks wearing a fat suit somehow increases "fat phobia." I get the feeling she thinks that, on the broad scale, someone who is not a member of a group that is commonly discriminated against should not pretend to be a member of that group on screen. Or at least she is thinking out loud on the question.
So she probably thinks that if a legitimately fat actress had played Tripp that would be fine.
well , i had a skim of the article ... not much the wiser ... there was this:
“It’s very hard for me to talk about this without feeling like I’m making excuses,” Paulson told the Times. “There’s a lot of controversy around actors and fat suits, and I think that controversy is a legitimate one. I think fat phobia is real. I think to pretend otherwise causes further harm. And it is a very important conversation to be had.”
i guess we'd have to dig further to find this "controversy " she speaks of
I found this article which perhaps sheds further light:-
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2021/09/02/sarah-paulson-linda-tripp-fat-suit-problematic-impeachment-american-crime-story/5666133001/
Experts say fat suits perpetuate biases against fat people – and beg the question of why thin actors are getting these roles.
"Why not just pick people that fit the range of actors and different body types that would be appropriate for this role?" asks Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, obesity medicine physician scientist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
So it genuinely appears that the issue is that the role should have been given to a person of fatness and that Sarah Paulson, with her slender figure privilege, had no right to take that part from an authentic voice of fatness. share
wow.
wheres that trend going to end?
If a ginger haired actor dyes their hair , are they stealing roles from non gingers ?
I agree; it’s dumb. The mark of a good actor is their ability to make themselves believable as someone other than themselves. That’s the essence of their craft.
shareIt’s really gonna be a problem when you need an actor to portray a murderer.
share"mocking fat people for their burden (which is outside of their control)"
You don't seem to realize how people get fat. They shove more calories into their faces than they expend by exercising. Being fat is a choice, and can be reversed by taking responsibility and exerting some willpower.
Possibly. But that in itself is a bigger debate.
I was more just speculating whether that was Sarah Paulson's belief whilst regretting wearing the fat suit.