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Barbara Lippert's Critique: Exquisitely Furnished   We'll get to
Deutsch's trippy-but-seductive first work for Pier 1 shortly. In
the meantime, can we talk about Kirstie Alley?  Man, is the ex-
Pier 1 spokeswoman massively cashing in on the culture's "fat
awareness" moment, while managing to have it both ways. (I
believe the phrase is "having her cake and eating it, too," but
in this case it's also got some Ben & Jerry's on top.) When it
comes to weight, she's working every angle on the hidden-pain-
and-shame vs. out-and-fat-and-proud scale.  On the first episode
of Fat Actress, her new series on Showtime, she wailed that if
Jenny Craig were her only job option, it would kill her. In
reality, K.A. has now lost 27 pounds with old J.C., while
screaming ecstatically about the food in TV spots.
("Fettuccine!") Her character on the show is desperately sex-
starved and tends to throw her poignantly peignoir-clad body at
any man. But in promoting her book, How