Painterly overturned orange lotion bottle spilling white cream on a turquoise-striped towel.

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Dave

Anti-wrinkle cream there may be, but anti-fat-bastard cream there is not.

— The Full Monty • 1997

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker contrasts a familiar cosmetic promise with a deliberately crude invention: a cream that would fix being an overweight, objectionable person. The joke mocks the idea that every dissatisfaction can be solved with a product, using exaggeration and an abrasive insult.

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