I didn't see The Tap Dance Kid either in the original form or at Encores, and I'm genuinely confused as to why they changed the character's weight so she was no longer heavy. Could someone help me understand what they were thinking? It seems like the exact opposite of being woke to eliminate the "controversial" part of the character. If there were jokes making fun of her for being fat, why wouldn't they change the jokes rather than reducing the character's weight? Presumably the jokes are gone in the new script anyway, so changing her weight as well seems bizarre.
