More Than Tracy Turnblad

Abby gives her take on the controversy around the recent New York Times article that cited performers' weight gain as an impediment to Broadway reopening. Then she is joined by plus model and actress Clare Rea (she/her). They discuss the difference between entertainment industry fat and real life fat, Clare's appearance in Seventeen Magazine, Katy Perry's Firework, giving up dieting, BFA programs, body positivity, being a fat dancer, and the importance of interrogating your attitude toward your own body size. Also dropping today is Abby's guest episode on the podcast Playdate where she and hosts Kait and Julia discuss the play Fat Pig. Head to the More Than Tracy Turnblad Instagram to see baby Clare in Seventeen!

Clare's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyclarerea/

Abby's Playdate Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3DQ1kr4lR4VugciQfYwWOE?si=yHjynmwVRqK3vHcpgzXOhQ&dl_branch=1
Abby's web site: http://abbyrosemorris.com
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Abby rants about heteronormative height preferences in the arts and in dating. Then she is joined by Maddie McClouskey (they/she), an actor, writer, singing server at Marie's Crisis, and host of Theatre Games on Pop Culture Coop. Abby and Maddie discuss Doc Martens, early puberty, trauma responses, being weighed in elementary school math class, industry abuse, Spongebob, size and gender expression, neurodivergence, and being blocked on Twitter by Roseanne Barr.

TRIGGER WARNING! This episode contains weight numbers, a brief mention of grooming, and talk about intimate partner abuse (verbal/emotional).

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Abby's web site: http://abbyrosemorris.com
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It's the longest episode yet because we love talking oops! First, Abby raves about how all movies should be like Thunder Force. Then Lexi Schreiber, aka @thefatingenue, comes on to explain her grad school thesis on feminist musical theatre analysis of Jeanine Tesori's work. They also discuss body neutrality, capitalism, Khloe Kardashian, the pressure for fat actresses to belt high, biding your time until you’re old enough to play moms, dramaturgical justification for fat ingenues, and of course, the patriarchy.

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Lexi's TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeCeME3P/

Abby's web site: http://abbyrosemorris.com
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Did you catch the HAIRSPRAY in the title??? Get it??? Cause this podcast is called More Than TRACY TURNBLAD??? Anyway, on a more serious note, Abby opens the episode with a discussion about the Scott Rudin reckoning and how the culture of the entertainment industry enables abuse. Then she is joined by plus size fashion blogger/creative director/theatre producer and director Brianna McDonnell to talk plus size fashion, being a musical theater nerd, dealing with trolls, COVID fatphobia, Last Holiday, uplifting other fat creators, and not having the energy to hate herself. Serendipitously, Abby and Brianna both got their vaccines the day after this was recorded!

The B Word blog: https://thebwordblog.com
Brianna's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_the_b_word_/
Brianna's IGTV Series "The Word": https://www.instagram.com/tv/B78_1oLJgbq/
Brianna on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_the_b_word_?s=11

Abby's web site: http://abbyrosemorris.com
Abby's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbyrosemorris

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This episode marks a very important podcast milestone: the first time we forgot to press record and had to redo the entire interview! But as Ashley says in the episode, that was just a preview and now you get to listen to opening night. First, Abby explains how fat tropes in media implicitly give the audience permission to be cruel to fat people. Then Ashley Monique Menard, performer, host of The Eff Your Fears Podcast and creator of The Art of Blowing It, comes on to discuss Kirstie Alley, Fat Monica, onstage orgasms in front of her parents, whether it's appropriate to compliment weight loss, protective fatphobia, going back to school, and the time she literally sat on her sixth grade bully. Also, if anyone would like to produce Gypsy starring Ashley as Mama Rose and Abby as Louise/Gypsy Rose Lee, our contact info is below ;)

Ashley's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nowstarringashley/
The Eff Your Fears Podcast: https://www.effyourfears.com
The Art of Blowing It: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocfAh8G5gVM

Abby's web site: http://abbyrosemorris.com
Abby's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbyrosemorris

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Prompted by polarizing TikTok discourse, Abby subjected herself to nearly the entire first season of Insatiable and shares her opinion (in a word: cringe). Then she is joined by Nic Mains, a New York-based, actor, singer, and theatre artist. They discuss Ursula, college auditions, fat gay representation, the possibility of writing a truly funny fat joke, James Corden, the stupid happy fat guy trope, and letting yourself be sad.

Nic's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicmaaaains/
Nic's web site: https://www.nicmains.com

Abby's web site: http://abbyrosemorris.com
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A virgin, a whore, and a mom walk into a theater. Can you guess which one is fat? Obviously it's the mom, and Abby explains why this is (short answer: THE PATRIARCHY). Then she is joined by Katharine Scarborough, creator and star of the new web series Big Girl, which drops the same day as this episode! Abby and Katharine talk about sexual empowerment, Miss Piggy, intuitive eating, learning to be fearless, Katharine's tips for writing fat characters, and why she created Big Girl. Click the link below to watch the first episode on Seeka TV!

Watch Big Girl on Seeka TV: https://watch.seeka.tv/big-girl
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When two podcasts love each other very much...they make a two-part CROSSOVER EPISODE! First, Abby laments the difficulty of finding plus size skiwear and discusses why fat people don't feel safe in fitness spaces. Then she is joined by opera singer Sarai Cole for part 1 of a crossover episode between More Than Tracy Turnblad and Sarai's podcast Social Takeout! Sarai and Abby chat about  fatphobia and racism in the opera world, moving to Germany, Shenehneh, hypersexualization of fat women and Black women, and her high school horror story of losing the role of Effie in Dreamgirls to a thin white woman.

Part 2 of this conversation, where Abby and Sarai are joined by Sarai's cohost Jeremie Johnson, will be released on Social Takeout this Thursday!
Social Takeout's web site: https://www.hellosocialtakeout.com
Social Takeout's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellosocialtakeout/
Social Takeout's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@socialtakeout?lang=en
Sarai's web site: https://www.saraicole.com

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Abby's web site: http://abbyrosemorris.com
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Abby reviews the feast of fat representation that is Shallow Hal (01:24), which she recently watched on TikTok live. Then she chats with Bethany Kay (09:30), an actor and career coach, about street harassment as a plus size woman, grad school, knowing your "no lines," the glorification of artist poverty, Brittany Runs A Marathon, dollar pizza, and Bethany's role on Dietland where she famously proclaimed, "I AM A GODDESS."

Bethany's web site: https://www.bethanykayactor.com
Bethany's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatbethanykay/
Bethany's Twitter: https://twitter.com/BethanyKayActor
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Abby's web site: http://abbyrosemorris.com
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Abby rants about the terrible fat rep in CATS (2019)! This is super pent up because she has been mad about it for over a year and also saw Cats four times in theaters. Then performer, teaching artist, and certified Diversity, Equity & Inclusion consultant Kristin Avila joins Abby to chat about being a plus size dancer and choreographer, Bridgerton, the generation gap, what she learned in DEI officer training, and more!

Kristin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristin_a_acting/
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Abby's web site: http://abbyrosemorris.com
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