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Maintenance Phase · October 25, 2024 · 66m
Growing Up Richard Simmons
Richard Simmons part 1: the unlikely story of how a bullied, fat kid from New Orleans became America's most famous fitness personality — and the only mainstream fitness figure who actually seemed to care about fat people.
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Gordon argues that Simmons's radical authenticity — his flamboyance, emotionality, and refusal to conform to macho fitness culture — was a true self performance in an industry built on false self projection.
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Gordon documents that Simmons personally called struggling fans, attended funerals of followers who died, and maintained relationships with thousands of people — embodying the relationship-as-medicine principle that the wellness industry otherwise ignores.
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