Unfortunately, the logic that a character who is fat or has a hunchback would be unpalatable to an audience plays into sizeism and ableism, and getting rid of those aspects of a show because they might offend is rather lazy.
If the goal here was to adjust the book in a way that wouldn't be offensive (and we don't know that this was the case), the show could have brought in representatives who can speak on ways to successfully navigate the language and narrative role of that character. Erasing her fatness is the wrong approach, whatever lead to it. |
