Amid the dialogue about these TV and film appears to be like, the one one that folks 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 individuals. That is the important thing,” one person wrote. “All of those different roles say, ‘being fats is dangerous, and that is the punchline.’ Hairspray stated, ‘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 gown,’ he wished to do DRAG, mama!” another person wrote about John’s strategy to the beloved function. “He knew Edna was attractive and sexual and nurturing and motherly, and he wished her look to mirror all of that.”
