Lethal Dose

I’m hooked on Mo’Nique’s Fat Chance and now Mo’Nique’s Fat Chance goes to Paris. Those girls have more guts (oh, bad pun, you know what I mean!) than I ever had, and they’re not afraid to show it, either. Check out this dance troupe in Cuba:

Formed a decade ago by Juan Miguel Mas, this company of obese dancers has become a cultural phenomenon in Cuba, breaking stereotypes here of dance, redefining the aesthetics of beauty and, along the way, raising the self-esteem of heavyset people.

Mas, 42, also choreographs pieces on themes like the tragedy of gluttony, love between obese couples, the prejudice that fat people face and the psychic toll of obesity.

One of the troupe’s recent successes is called “Sweet Death” and tells the story of a woman, rejected by her family, who tries to commit suicide by eating huge quantities of candy. The work has surreal elements, the dancers using their bodies to create furniture in the performance. Another piece, “The Macabre Dinner,” explores gluttony.

Bringing a whole new meaning to couch potato! I’m not gonna hang around and make bad puns, though, because my two coworkers are attacking me about my love of Fig Newtons.

I’m a piggy for figgy.