How TV shows make realistic fake corpses

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Medical procedural dramas demand an absolutely staggering amount of very authentic-looking deceased bodies. Sculptors bypass actual biology by casting life-sized torsos out of highly pigmented ballistic gelatin. The result is a cold, disturbingly squishy replica that completely passes the visual test without stinking up the studio lot.

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