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Why taking off glasses transforms movie characters

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It turns out the best way to cure hideousness is a quick trip to the optometrist. Narratives have long mandated that slapping thick frames and a messy ponytail on an attractive actor renders them an absolute outcast, but the moment those frames come off, the entire school gasps as if witnessing a genetic miracle.

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