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- Dermatologic features in film often symbolize evil, prompting a study on how these characteristics change before and after characters turn bad.
- The analysis included 27 film characters from the IMDb poll of notable moral transformations, revealing a significant increase in dermatologic abnormalities post-transformation.
- Findings included traits like dark circles under the eyes, swelling, hair loss, and various skin discolorations, suggesting a need to educate audiences and filmmakers that these skin conditions don't indicate malicious intent in real life.
Article Abstract
Dermatologic depictions in film are often used to symbolize evil. To ascertain whether certain dermatologic characteristics are more representative of evil in movies, skin findings in film characters before and after evil transformation were compared using the Good Movie Characters Turned Bad poll courtesy of The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). The poll ranked the 35 most remarkable moral transformations in cinema. Data was analyzed from 27 characters who met study criteria and there was a statistically significant, greater number of dermatologic features seen in characters after an evil transformation. Periorbital hyperpigmentation, infraorbital edema, alopecia, pallor, and nonspecific hyperpigmented skin abnormalities (telangiectasias, ecchymosis) were dermatologic traits that were found at a statistically significantly higher frequency post-evil transformation. This work suggests an effort should be made to educate audiences and film makers that skin conditions in reality are not a marker of evil intent.
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