Oscar-nominated movie The Whale is about a disabled fat bloke.
See what they did there? Except they didn’t, because they shoehorn in a lot of stuff about the whale-chasing novel, Moby Dick. How sixth form! The upshot is that the whole thing is absolute ableist hogwash.
Brendan Fraser is all over the media at the moment talking about his role in a fat suit, which begs the question: why are we still using fat suits like this?
