If actors and actresses teeth bother you, you better stay away from punk bands for your life.
Oh, good lord…Shane McGowan would give the OP a heart attack!
*And that’s not the dental nadir of Mr. McGowan…
I assume this is a woosh, but if not, wtf?! What’s wrong with her teeth? From the way the OP was describing her, I was expecting something like this.
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Kirsten Dunst. I’ve always loved her genuine teeth. There’s just something so screw you! about them. I was pissed off when David Bowie had his fixed, too. :mad:
I believe he had them capped for American Psycho.
The first thing I thought of when reading this thread was Jennifer Grey, who had a little work done thereby removed her ‘unique’ looks. After that her career went to hell in a hand basket.
The vast majority of the replies are taking my posts out of context or completely wrong.
If you haven’t seen the shows I’m referring to, then understand that Googling a picture of the people I’m talking about is not going to give you a fair idea of what I’m talking about. When you reply and tell me I’m crazy, you’re not seeing what I’m seeing, because you’re not looking at the same footage I am.
People also keep thinking (even after I’ve clarified it repeatedly in posts in this thread) that I’m demanding people have “perfect teeth” - that’s never been the case, so lay off.
Look at the forum you’re posting in - I was asking as factual question. For those of you who are offering opinions based on looking at something different than I am, you’re not addressing the factual question I’m trying to get answered.
I also keep repeating that I find these people attractive, and that I’ve only found their teeth distracting. Mainly because it seems to me that if a person is capable of affording orthodontia, what their other reasons for not doing so might be. I can see someone who doesn’t get out much, or never has pictures taken of them, maybe they do work on the Internet or on the phone, they may not care much. It just seems to me that if a person is going to be getting in front of a camera often, they might want to pay attention to appearances. I was wondering what was their motivation for not doing so.
For those who have posted pondering about my teeth - fortunately, my teeth are pretty straight. I use a whitening rinse every day, and they seem to be fairly bright and uniform.
For those who have posted stating that I’m fixating or obsessing: People post questions on this forum all the time. A question pops in to your mind, you want it answered, you post your question. Does that mean they obsess about that topic?
So I see an actor or actress make a decision about their appearance (hair, teeth, eye color, whatever) and post a question about it - suddenly I’m obsessing? Most of my follow up posts have been to clarify how wrong people have taken my OP.
To sum up: Googling a picture of people I’m referring to does not give you the same impression I get when watching the person talk on a show. Don’t tell me my opinion of the person is wrong when you haven’t seen the same thing.
I’m asking factual questions. For those of you who have pointed out famous people who have changed their teeth (arguably) for the “better” and have had changes in their careers, that’s the kind of information I was looking for. Things that drive a person’s motivation to or not to get orthodontia.
I’m a die hard Smallville fan, and I’ve never noticed Kristen Kruek’s teeth. I’ll keep an eye out, but I doubt she’ll play a large role this season.
I only noticed hers on occasion, honestly. And it wasn’t a huge deal - just a side thing I noticed. Once I noticed it the first time, though, it made it easier to notice it in the future.
It also shows up more (with any actor) during dialogue than smiling. I’m sure they learn how to smile without showing it off (as tumbledown pointed out about few pictures of PA showing teeth).
The problem is you say things like
This suggests that either you move in a circle of friends who have great teeth or, more likely, in real life you tend not to have your friend’s face in close up on a 50" plasma screen on your lounge room wall. In other words, you probably talk to many people who have teeth as bad as Patricia Arquette’s but your attention is not drawn to them in the same way. Saying that her teeth are unrealistic is forgetting that her teeth are real and many people have teeth that are far worse. Her teeth are quite realistic and if you find them distracting it’s really your problem not hers.
To give a WAG answer to your GQ though, I found an article where it’s reported that Arquette was unhappy with a request from the Medium producers for her to lose weight gained during motherhood so she could play the role of a mother of three. It seems to me that she is more interested in being a real person than a Hollywood cliche.
You know, one thing I like about British shows as opposed to US shows is that in British ones not everybody (including medieval peasants) has Absolutely. Perfect. Glow-in-the-dark. Teeth.
The OP’s mileage evidently varies.
Sorry, late: the only way I could make my yellow teeth white is by getting all of them capped, or removed (it’s not stains, it’s tetracyclines (sp?) - the core of each tooth is darker than the outside so stain removal methods can’t work). We looked into getting braces and the dentist actually recommended against it, as my teeth are ugly but I have the best bite he’d ever seen. I’m sure I can’t be the only person in this planet who has access to dentistry but for whom it isn’t really worth it to use it.
Tom Cruise had braces several times and they didn’t seem to help.
I can’t stand Kirsten Dunst’s teeth. I would probably feel different if they were in the mouth of a good actress, so I guess that goes a long way.
I think the teeth thing is kind of like that old cartoon convention where the princess/belly dancer is wearing a veil and the star (I distinctly recall a Woody Woodpecker short, but probably others) is all hot and bothered until she removes her veil and she’s a complete hag underneath.
This is extreme, but you get the point. Kristin Kreuk and Patricia Arquette are perfect examples of this. Both get you revved up then you get a surprise that they’re not as attractive as you first thought.
In one of the first episodes of Heroes this year, there’s a profile shot of Kristen Bell smiling widely. Six gleaming white veneers in front, and the rest is a mouthful of yellow snow. Recognizing the phoniness lowered my opinion of her looks.
Start looking at ears, and tons of stars have weird looking ears.
One person who’s dental imperfection I find adorable…
Jewel.
Staite, or the singer?
I was gonna comment on her too…
Fucking ridiculous. I can’t believe people give a shit about something so minor as slightly imperfect teeth. It’s that distracting that it ruins anything that the metioned actors appear in?
Yes, that actually does distract me when I watch him in films.
Another British woman who hasn’t “fixed” her teeth is Keira Knightley, and it gives a nice touch of realism to an otherwise impossibly pretty person.
When I saw your username it reminded me of this Bijou Phillips picture. Now those are teeth with street cred.
I think she’s pretty. Jewel too.
ETA- fixed.
Nor has Kelli Ali, who reminds me of my first serious girlfriend (but without the mid-sixties hairdo :D).