“I'm in love with you, no matter what you weigh." sings Link Larkin, to Tracy Turnblad in the new musical version of “Hairspray”. While her amply bosomed mother Edna wistfully says "I thought I was going to be the biggest thing in brassieres." Tracy and Edna are two rare characters on stage, film or television who embrace their size. Jenni discusses the merits of the fuller figured woman with Michael Ball, who is playing Edna in the West End and the writer and presenter Amy Lamé.
'Hairspray', with Michael Ball as Edna, is currently playing at London's Shaftesbury Theatre.
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