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Curious - do you have examples handy of characters like you described who were "overweight for the time" but don't seem so today?
by lostapathy 7y ago
Curious - do you have examples handy of characters like you described who were "overweight for the time" but don't seem so today?
- krustyburger 7y agoEven going back just to the 90s, characters like George Costanza were meant to look noticeably overweight but look fairly typical by 2019 standards. And Homer Simpson weighed a very specific 239 pounds, a weight that seems much less extreme now.
- flukus 7y agoOn the extreme end there was John Candy (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001006/mediaindex?ref_=nm_phs_md_sm https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001006/mediaindex?ref_=nm_phs_m...), he used to be "the funny fat guy" but if he were to cameo (and be alive) today I don't think he'd stand out like he used to.
- Mountain_Skies 7y agoLumpy in Leave It to Beaver. Augustus Gloop in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). This one is really interesting when you compare the 1971 character to that from the 2005 version. If there was a new version made today, the might need to make him even bigger.
- masonic 7y agoIn the film, "To Sir, With Love", the boy called "Fats" would be probably average nowadays, even in the U.K.