AdvertisementTitled “140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother,” the 75-minute performance recounts how, when Lieu was 11, her mother went in for plastic surgery and died mid-procedure from loss of oxygen to her brain. A trailer for Susan Lieu’s show “140 LBS.”“The hardest part of all this isn’t the performance, surprisingly, because it seems to really resonate with people,” Lieu said. Those thoughts will be included in an expanded version of the show called “Over 140 LBS,” which she’ll premiere in February in Seattle. It’s a lot and, yeah, it’s nonstop!”An undergraduate alum of Harvard and graduate of the Yale School of Business, Lieu prioritized performing “140 LBS” nationwide after getting laid off from her management consulting gig. In a 10-city tour, she is paying for just one night of lodging, instead couch-surfing with friends and family.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 15, 2019 00:33 UTC