Can we all agree Wonka (2023) will be the last film to ever use a fat suit as a running gag in a movie? I know it's nowhere near equivalent, but I feel like society collectively abandoned ever using blackface in a mainstream film after Tropic Thunder did it ironically in 2006, and we're all better for never having to see anyone try to do it again.

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If they simply must have an obese character to ridicule - hire a fat person. Or realize why this is problematic and hire an actual writer.

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