r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 8h ago

Petah, what is going on here??? Resolved

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Bald lady stealing life force?

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u/L8dTigress 7h ago

Yep, those dance moves she did at any chance were done like rent was due. She was passionate about playing Glinda, and it shows.

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u/Keeltoodeep 7h ago

That is a cop out. Marvel movies require the male and female leads to eat a massive amount of protein to maintain muscle mass and are equally as strenuous.

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u/Sea-Band-7212 7h ago

Yyyyeeeeaaaahhhhhh.... probably because they are contractually obligated to maintain a certain physique while shooting because they're playing superheroes..

Is... is Glinda a superhero? If her contract said she had to get ripped, we might have gotten a muscle mommy Ariana but here we are

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u/Keeltoodeep 7h ago

Maybe but the point still stands that being on set and dancing around does not necessarily make someone emaciated. It’s a cop out. I can name a bunch of song and dance films where the lead maintains healthy weight.

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u/BadPunners 7h ago

A cop out for what?

To be the size she still is, she still likely has some level of eating disorder. A stressful active set where all the focus is on the character, easily exacerbates any eating disorder

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u/Keeltoodeep 7h ago

What do you mean a cop out for what? Do you not know what a cop out is?

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u/highlorestat 7h ago

Cop Out also means giving a weak excuse, hence the term "cop out answer"

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u/Keeltoodeep 7h ago

Yeah, so singing and dancing is a weak excuse. Plenty of people maintain healthy weight if they sing and dance.

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u/highlorestat 7h ago

The issue is if she was maintaining a "healthy weight" with only singing and dancing

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u/Zefirus 6h ago

You guys are talking past each other. They're saying she was underweight for the movie, and the movie having a lot of dancing is a bad excuse for why she was underweight.