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Head to http://squarespace.com/minale to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or a domain! ➤ BOOK CLUB / NEWSLETTER https://highbrowclub.org/ https://minale.substack.com/ ➤ PRODUCTION written by Mina Le, Am Wyckoff, and Madison Huizinga edited by Charlee Reiff ➤ SOCIALS Instagram:   / gremlita   TikTok:   / gremlita   Letterboxd: http://boxd.it/7YgX ➤ CONTACT Business email: [email protected] ➤ SOURCES    • Why aren't actors ugly anymore?   https://bloodknife.com/everyone-beaut...    • Botox and the Death of REAL Acting...   https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/art... https://www.newyorker.com/culture/dec... https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/mo... https://www.thetimes.com/culture/film... https://americanfilmmarket.com/do-you... https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWzwgg... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/j... https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/a... https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/16/mo... https://www.npr.org/2023/09/12/119888... https://slate.com/human-interest/2014... https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/f... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hollywoo... https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/f... https://www.npr.org/2023/08/20/119493... Basinger, Jeanine. (2007) The Star Machine https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/ar... https://jacobin.com/2021/12/film-bloc... https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... Foster, SL. (2008) “‘Where Are You Now?’: Locating the Body in Contemporary Performance”, in M. Bleeker (ed.), Anatomy Live: Performance and the Operating Theatre https://people.com/gwyneth-paltrow-ti... https://thekit.ca/beauty/celebrity-be... https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/... https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWUCup... https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/27/ar... 0:00 - intro 9:40 - the casting process 21:22 - the hollywood star machine 29:32 - why does everyone look the same? 35:37 - conclusion