Word: fatted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...title fool you. "Fat Men in Skirts" conjures up a vision of the worst of current theatrical comedy, that combination of self-conscious cuteness and sitcom timing that seems to have migrated, Ebola-like, from Burbank to Broadway. But while Nicky Silver gives in too often to the temptation of cheap laughs, topical references and ironic mugging, the play is ultimately redeemed from its worst moments by a clever and genuinely surprising treatment of sexuality and its most famous pitfall, the Oedipus complex...
...Fat Men in Skirts" (directed by Jose Zayas, produced by Rivks Levine) opens with Phyllis Hogan (Sarah Burt-Kinderman) and her 11-year-old son Bishop (Ryan McCarthy) marooned on a desert island, the only survivors of a plane crash. Through flashbacks, we learn that Phyllis was on her way to Italy for a last attempt at reconciliation with her philandering husband, Howard Hogan (Jed Willard), when the plane went down...
...sarcastic banter with Bishop in the play's first scenes has something, appropriately enough, of Katherine Hepburn's archness. She is especially impressive in the rape scene, where Phyllis' revulsion and hysteria are truly disturbing. Even in the play's worst scene, in which Phyllis recalls a nightmare about fat men in skirts which comes dangerously close to moralizing about sexual intolerance, Burt-Kinderman is effective and at ease...
...research group that blew the whistle on the unhealthy fat content of Chinese food and movie popcorn has now reported that olestra, a nonfattening fat substitute, is unsafe for consumption. The group says olestra leaches the body of essential vitamins, such as A, D and K. Proctor & Gamble, olestra's creator, has proposed fortifying it with the vitamins. The Food and Drug Administration will hold hearings in November on whether olestra is safe for use in snack foods...
OLESTRA Killjoy consumer group says faux fat could be harmful to your health...