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The Plugged In Show, Episode 84: Fat Monica and the Rest of Us
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The Plugged In Show, Episode 84: Fat Monica and the Rest of Us Adam Holz
Take “Fat Monica” on
Friends, for example.
Back in the day, Monica’s overweight high school self might have seemed like acceptable fodder for a joke at her expense. But fast-forward a couple of decades, and some who saw those episodes when they were quite young can now see that this “joke” at Monica Gellar’s expense was actually at the expense of many others, too, in terms of the messages it sent. Messages like, “Thin is good, fat is bad.” With the benefit of hindsight, it’s clear that Fat Monica isn’t so funny after all.
There’s a magical moment, three minutes into
Friends: The Reunion. It’s blink-and-you-miss-it a wordless glance. But in it lies the answer to the age-old question: What the hell is it about this show? How has a straightforward NBC comedy that premiered nearly thirty years ago blown up into a worldwide cultural phenomenon that remains not only relevant but
adored? It happens when Matt LeBlanc arrives to meet his co-stars on their old set. He wraps Lisa Kudrow in a big bear hug (“Look at you!” “Look at
you!”) while Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer look on in the background. A tearful Aniston, standing in the background, turns away from the camera to look at Schwimmer Can you believe this? who returns her gaze with an almost pained smile and a tilted shake of the head: