I remember watching The Honeymooners as a teen and being disgusted by how fat Jackie Gleason was.
I recently saw some clips from it and thought that gee, he wasn’t as fat as I thought.
And it hit me how used to seeing fat people I’ve become that I didn’t think he was that bad after all.
There have always been fat people. But they weren’t as common in those years. The fact that most had to do somewhat more physical labor probably played a part; but I think the main culprit today is the overly processed diet.
“I recently saw some clips from it and thought that gee, he wasn’t as fat as I thought.”
Same thing with Raymond Burr in Perry Mason