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Inside of me there is a thin person screaming to get out.
— Eddie ‧ Absolutely Fabulous
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Eddie jokes that a slimmer self is trapped inside, desperate to escape. The scream makes the wish to lose weight sound like a hostage situation. It's a comic way of admitting the body on show isn't the one imagined.
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