Gap-Toothed Women

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Date: January 01, 1987 to December 31, 1987
Dates Note: 1987
Country of Origin: United States
Place of Origin: United States
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Color: Color
Silent: No
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Les Blank: A Life Well Spent
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This lively examination of the folklore surrounding gap-toothed women also takes a feminist look at the larger picture: the cultural relativity of female beauty and self-image. There are Geoffrey Chaucer’s Wife of Bath, whose amorous proclivities are attributed to the abyss between her ivories; American model and actress Lauren Hutton, who always thought she was a homely thing thanks to “The Gap”; and lucky African women for whom gap teeth are considered a sign of good fortune.

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