- Fatsuit
A fatsuit is a
bodysuit -like undergarment used to thicken the appearance of an actress or actor of light to medium build into a heavy-set or obese character, in conjunction withprosthetic makeup .It is worn by actors in TV shows (eg the
Nina Bott fat makeup to coincide with the release of "Shallow Hal ") and variousfilm s (eg. "Shallow Hal "). It is usually supposed to provide comedic effect, as in"Weird Al" Yankovic 's music video, Fat andNicolas Cage in "Adaptation. ".cite news
title=Actress Meg Ryan, in and out of character during filming with a fatsuit
work=TheDaily Mail
url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1038336/Hollywood-sweetheart-Meg-Ryan-gains-stone--donning-fat-suit.html
quotation=Hollywood sweetheart Meg Ryan gains ten stone... after donning a fat suit
date=25 July , 2008]Fatsuits may be intended to be either deliberately visible, or invisible. Most are intended as unseen body padding beneath a costume (Shallow Hal, Eddie Murphy's Klumps), others appear as realistic(sic) flesh and are viewed directly (Fat Bastard in Austin Powers, Tom Cruise's character Les Grossman's hands in
Tropic Thunder ).Experience of obesity
Fatsuits may also be used to impart the "experience" of being
obese to the wearer, not just the "appearance" of obseity to their audience. The suit in this case is weighted, as well as padded. Where the intention is to impart the experience of being seen as fat in a community, its appearance must also be realistic and so a fat suit rather than just a weight belt is needed. Several celebrities noted for their slimness have worn such garments and recorded their, and others', reactions as documentary of social attitudes to weight.cite web
title=Tyra Banks Experiences Obesity Through Fat Suit
url=http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/BeautySecrets/story?id=1280787
date=Nov 4 ,2005 ]Other spellings include fat suit and fat-suit.
ee also
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bodysuit
*corset
*leotard
*prosthetic makeup References
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