From: "Mark" 


"Ellen K."  wrote in message
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> They gave her straight white teeth.  Her real teeth were yellowish and
> not exactly crooked but a little uneven.
>
> I'm not sure I consider it "compassionate",

Perhaps not, but my thoughts were going to the point of view of a regular
person, not used to that harsh spotlight, being afforded a complimentary
profile.

I think it's part of a sort
> of Hollywoodization of the media, that everybody is supposed to look
> like a movie star.

I have to note, that some of my favorite "Hollywood" actors are
anything but "movie starish" in looks. Danny DeVito comes to mind
for one 

> Guess what, real adults do not have perfectly white
> teeth, and many people's teeth are not all exactly the same length --

Exactly right. 

> why should that be something that labels them as somehow "inferior"?

It shouldn't be, and isn't, in my book.

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