Sarah Paulson shares the first image of her as Linda Tripp for American Crime Story - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 11-13-2020, 11:07 PM

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“Linda. American Crime Story: Impeachment has begun principle photography,” Paulson captioned the photo," Paulson tweeted of the third season of the FX Ryan Murphy anthology series.

TMC · 04-29-2021, 11:59 PM

Impeachment: American Crime Story accused of being fatphobic with Sarah Paulson's Linda Tripp fatsuit

A photo of Paulson in costume as the Bill Clinton impeachment figure prompted some to complain on Twitter that the role didn't go to an actual overweight person. "This could have been a fat actor. This could have been their big breakout role," tweeted journalist Kristin Chirico. "This could have been their Golden Globe or their Emmy nod. This could have been their paid off student loans or their first house. Instead it's Sarah Paulson in a fat suit."

TMC · 08-30-2021, 06:39 PM

Sarah Paulson admits "regret" but defends wearing a fat suit playing Linda Tripp in Impeachment: American Crime Story

Paulson, who spent three hours in hair and makeup to transform into Tripp, addressed the controversy over her wearing a fat suit for the FX series in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. “It’s very hard for me to talk about this without feeling like I’m making excuses,” she says. “There’s a lot of controversy around actors and fat suits, and I think that controversy is a legitimate one. I think fat phobia is real. I think to pretend otherwise causes further harm. And it is a very important conversation to be had. But that entire responsibility I don’t think falls on the actor for choosing to do something that is arguably — and I’m talking about from the inside out — the challenge of a lifetime. I do think to imagine that the only thing any actor called upon to play this part would have to offer is their physical self is a real reduction of the offering the actor has to make. I would like to believe that there is something in my being that makes me right to play this part. And that the magic of hair and makeup departments and costumers and cinematographers that has been part of moviemaking, and suspension of belief, since the invention of cinema. Was I supposed to say no (to the part)? This is the question. I think the thing I think about the most is that I regret not thinking about it more fully. And that is an important thing for me to think about and reflect on. I also know it’s a privileged place to be sitting and thinking about it and reflecting on it, having already gotten to do it, and having had an opportunity that someone else didn’t have. You can only learn what you learn when you learn it. Should I have known? Abso-f***ing-lutely. But I do now. And I wouldn’t make the same choice going forward.”

11-13-2020, 11:07 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,128	Sarah Paulson shares the first image of her as Linda Tripp for American Crime Story https://twitter.com/MsSarahPaulson/s...34986299555840 “Linda. American Crime Story: Impeachment has begun principle photography,” Paulson captioned the photo," Paulson tweeted of the third season of the FX Ryan Murphy anthology series.

04-29-2021, 11:59 PM	#2
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,128	Impeachment: American Crime Story accused of being fatphobic with Sarah Paulson's Linda Tripp fatsuit A photo of Paulson in costume as the Bill Clinton impeachment figure prompted some to complain on Twitter that the role didn't go to an actual overweight person. "This could have been a fat actor. This could have been their big breakout role," tweeted journalist Kristin Chirico. "This could have been their Golden Globe or their Emmy nod. This could have been their paid off student loans or their first house. Instead it's Sarah Paulson in a fat suit."

08-30-2021, 06:39 PM	#3
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,128	Sarah Paulson admits "regret" but defends wearing a fat suit playing Linda Tripp in Impeachment: American Crime Story Paulson, who spent three hours in hair and makeup to transform into Tripp, addressed the controversy over her wearing a fat suit for the FX series in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. “It’s very hard for me to talk about this without feeling like I’m making excuses,” she says. “There’s a lot of controversy around actors and fat suits, and I think that controversy is a legitimate one. I think fat phobia is real. I think to pretend otherwise causes further harm. And it is a very important conversation to be had. But that entire responsibility I don’t think falls on the actor for choosing to do something that is arguably — and I’m talking about from the inside out — the challenge of a lifetime. I do think to imagine that the only thing any actor called upon to play this part would have to offer is their physical self is a real reduction of the offering the actor has to make. I would like to believe that there is something in my being that makes me right to play this part. And that the magic of hair and makeup departments and costumers and cinematographers that has been part of moviemaking, and suspension of belief, since the invention of cinema. Was I supposed to say no (to the part)? This is the question. I think the thing I think about the most is that I regret not thinking about it more fully. And that is an important thing for me to think about and reflect on. I also know it’s a privileged place to be sitting and thinking about it and reflecting on it, having already gotten to do it, and having had an opportunity that someone else didn’t have. You can only learn what you learn when you learn it. Should I have known? Abso-f***ing-lutely. But I do now. And I wouldn’t make the same choice going forward.”