Bush,
I'm thinking this is your friend Liz, who just happens to be pretty ripping skier, maybe somewhere near your ability? Does she have a racing background? There are plenty of pics showing both you and Max on fat skis with really high carving edge angles. Just examine the body angles she makes and tell me what % of the skiing general public can make same. Nothing lazy in her skiing, I'd love to follow (or try) down a run. She gets on edge above the fall line and tightens the turn radius.
Not sure I'd agree the mantra is that fat ski's can't carve, it's more like fat skis and the general skiing public combine to produce some park and ride technique. Now, that's a statement that I consider a generalization, and, we all know you can't apply a generalization to the specific. More often than not, I'd argue that the carving seen on fat skis is done long after the fall line.
With respect to smaller women and fat skis, all I know is never tell a woman she can't do something. 
Yeah, but LP, Skinny Skis and the General Public also combine to produce some park and ride technique.
Of course rockered skis can carve...provided they also have side cut (I'm not a fan of the reverse side cut ski, though that is one new school fad that seems to have finally floundered). They take more effort edge to edge, especially if you want to be quick edge to edge, but that's not a problem for a skilled skier (as in the above video). The lack of camber is a notable trade off on hard snow, you can still carve but you do lose a lot of rebound snap in-between turns.
Good video and good topic.
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