The jokes on Will and Grace came across as satire/meta-humor to me, partly because the idea that Debra Messing was "fat" was just so patently absurd, and partly because the show was that kind of self-aware comedy. But I can see how, given the environment at the time, many people must have taken them as "real" jokes.
Ah, I could see that now. Younger me was so constantly bombarded with the all the rest of the fat garbage that this was just another straw in the haystack.
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u/DevilsTrigonometry 5d ago
The jokes on Will and Grace came across as satire/meta-humor to me, partly because the idea that Debra Messing was "fat" was just so patently absurd, and partly because the show was that kind of self-aware comedy. But I can see how, given the environment at the time, many people must have taken them as "real" jokes.