But this is Los Angeles, where kale is the official food, zero (as in size) is every woman's lucky number, and fat is something actors only wear in fake suits for "funny" roles.
The movers and shakers of big companies in the West weren't easily convinced that these mustachioed men with ill-fitting suits and funny accents, from a country better known for its poverty, sacred cows and fakirs, could build sophisticated computer systems.
From the moment we first see her in the doorway of Steve/Bogart's Martinique hotel room in To Have And Have Not (it was Hawks's brilliant notion to have her slouching against the doorpost), we realise, as Steve realises, that this is a woman who is all angles - angular beauty, sharp, angled suits; lippy, funny, sexy, provocative.
We see St. Nick represented as the jolly round guys in the red suits and funny hats.
Surprisingly, Steve Jenkins's bold cut-paper collages suit these funny, thought-provoking (and previously unpublished) "Animal Poems" just as well.
Polonius was followed by a breathless Ophelia and a Gertrude who seemed better suited to "Funny Girl".
This can mean bringing in flowers every week, hoping that someone else will follow suit, placing funny magnets on the fridge, bringing snacks for breakfast, or even seeing if you can bring your dog to work once in a while.
The original title, "Keep Hope Alive," is funnier, but "Raising Hope" better suits a very funny sitcom that leavens its satire with sympathy.
"I was watching a documentary on Bolan, and he's wearing all these funny suits, and I was like, 'I want to wear a funny suit,' " she said.
A lot of Marvel movies, they show people in funny suits running around.
