Amid the dialogue about these TV and film appears, the one one that individuals had been prepared to “excuse” was John Travolta as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. “On the finish of the day, the function wasn’t shaming or making enjoyable of fats folks. That is the important thing,” one person wrote. “All of those different roles say, ‘being fats is unhealthy, and that is the punchline.’ Hairspray mentioned, ‘Edna is fats, and she or he’s superior, and that is the punchline.'”
“He had a lot love for Edna. He advocated for actually hourglass padding. He did not simply wish to be ‘man in a costume,’ he needed to do DRAG, mama!” another person wrote about John’s strategy to the beloved function. “He knew Edna was horny and sexual and nurturing and motherly, and he needed her look to replicate all of that.”
