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How movies fake newborns with jelly-covered dolls

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Using a screaming, unpredictable infant for a twelve-hour shoot is both wildly illegal and incredibly annoying. Instead, productions utilize highly detailed silicone dolls that are ruthlessly slathered in grape jelly and cream cheese. It successfully mimics the chaotic biological mess of childbirth without anyone having to pay for a child labor permit.

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