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Article: Elvis unfairly caught in a `fat' trap Impersonators, scholars agree the King's bloated image is overblown
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- March 17, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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When was Elvis fat?
James Lowrey doesn't like what the question implies that Elvis
Presley spent the entire 1970s half-baked on pills and eating himself
to new widths, an embarrassing Vegas showpiece.
"People think that if Elvis wore a jumpsuit, he was fat," said
Lowrey, the Elvis impersonator at Legends in Concert in Surfside
Beach, S.C.
Lowrey is one of the countless impersonators who does the Las
Vegas-era version of The King Elvis in sequined jumpsuits and beefy
sideburns, crooning "My Way." It's an image of the King popularly
known as "fat Elvis," the kitschy Elvis recreated in velvet. The
chunky Elvis who lost out as a postage stamp.
This mainstream interpretation of the Vegas ...