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Movies have a long history of using scars and other facial differences as shorthand for someone being evil. But advocates are pushing back on the harmful trope. 'It makes people justify abusing us, harassing us, not hiring us,' one advocate says.

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Orc lives matter.

So… no trans.. no gay.. no black, no Muslim, no little people, no people with scars. Every movie should just have George Washington as the bad guy and then no one will complain

'Jaws' must have the best movie scene in history over scars. Beautiful, memorable... not villainous.

For me,if i had a scar or other facial feature that allowed me to act and be n movies i wood be thankful. But no one likes to be harrassed i get it.

NPR really hates James Bond lately.

It’s goatees. That’s who’s evil… or a principal

Jeezus!!!!! Are you f’n serious?

Ppl w facial differences & scars r rejected by society. These folks struggle w anxiety & depression trying to be accepted not looked upon as evildoers. Plastic surgeons r getting v rich doing facial reconstruction & wrinkles removers & these aren't scars.

No, scars mean something painful happened to the 'evil enemy,' they never dealt w/it, like counseling & they internalized their pain & project it on others, therefore making them 'evil.' Some are killed, some realize their wrongs, some go straight lunatic, but there's a reason.

I agree. Some of the most ugly & horrible people I know are physically beautiful.

I have a gnarly scar. I love it. It's part of my character. Who I am. There. I just changed the narrative.

It is a big mistake and accounts for why folk don't often recognize that'ordinary' person who is the rapist, axe murderer ... villain.

Ok cmon really?

Also wonder if much thought on this was given into the creation of the super hero Dead Pool. Is the fact that the hero’s approach and demeanor is all a camp a means of diminishing their horrible disfigurement—or did their creators mean to buffoon the villain trope in this way?

You mean I didn't have to inflict myself with all these scars to be a super villain?

In the real world no one links scars and evilness

Tell me this is satire please. Please!

NPR is unbearable.

Are you fng kidding me?

Cosmetic surgery and botox - now that's creepy!

Okay. So now we're pushing for banning scars in movies. Silliness. This is nothing but social censorship, and it needs to go away.

LOL

Also Rami Malek is way too young to be the villain based on the timeline established by the film. Was he a teenager at the beginning of the movie?

BradPitt and beneciodeee benecio del toro are so cool looking it isn’t fair to movies they aren’t in. Other movies are not as enjoyable and the actors in them don’t get a chance to be artists. Not enough is said about this. Cancel Brad and Ben.

When I served in the Army, a scar on your face was a badge of honor. It meant you engaged the threat rather than retreat. Luckily, my facial scar isn’t that noticeable.

Give me a break

I remember when you actually used to be a dependable and respected news source. How things change.

Oh for fuck's sake.

It seems to show that we have villians because because experienced pain the past, and their pain affected them negatively. They are giving them a psychological reason for their situation. It is part of story telling to suggest something about the villian.

Let's just do away with all visual shorthand. What is called for, I guess, is wide beaches of expository text. That will save cinema!

Didn't Harry Potter have a fairly noticable scar?

Oh please and I have burn scars. This is ridiculous. Why are so many people looking for ways to be offended?

BS

OMG When does this shit end?

Who seriously thinks of topics like this?! Focus on real news.

wait...what? when did become TheOnion? have the Fall interns taken over the asylum? i cannot believe i just read this - i demand my time back!

At least I’m not the only one who notices NPR’s tailspin into ridiculousness.

I tell my students that unlike in the movies ominous music doesn't always walk through the door when someone intent on doing bad does. Lol same idea with scars.

Harry Potter ruins your entire (stupid and false) narrative

'Advocate(s)' (an intern somewhere) I look at the many scars on my body, hmm, yup the James Bond and Batman movies are what traumatized me

libsoftiktok this one is just crazy...I don't know what else to say.

KevMac104 lmfao this is getting out of hand now

chicksdigscars

If they were better people, they wouldn’t have scars. They bear the marks for our mutual protection. As god intended.

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Jfc

Real villains look like this:

I didn't like how Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in Batman & Robin was portrayed. Not everyone with lower than average blood temperature wants to turn their local municipality into a glacier. This isn't talked about enough...

Here we go again! Butthurt Wimps

oh come on! my god enough of this already.

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