Odette remembers

Odette, a fat, plus-size Black woman in her 50s, full-figured with a large soft body, round face and double chin, who is a cabaret singer: deep brown skin, a sculpted silver finger-wave bob, bold red lipstick, statement emerald earrings, wearing a floor-length emerald green satin gown with an enormous flowing train. Backstage holding an old photo, then a warm leak of light carries us into the photo: her younger self on her first small stage in a jazz bar.