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Radar has a malformed hand and Stalin had one arm significantly shorter than the other.
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Germany’s last Kaiser, Wilhelm II, had a “withered” left arm, in the parlance of the day, apparently due to a birth injury. In photos you’ll find his left hand in his pocket or under a cape (he loved uniforms with capes), or his left side turned away from the camera.
Bob Dole lost most of the use of his right arm when he was wounded in World War II. He also keeps his right hand in his pocket a lot, or keeps a pen clutched in his right hand to deter people from trying to shake it.
[QUOTE=Alessan]
Hauer had several scenes wearing nothing but a codpiece in Verhoeven’s* Flesh + Blood*. He seemed fine to me, although I confess most of my attention was taken by a very naked Jennifer Jason Leigh.
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The sex scenes in that movie were pretty hot. Like you I was mostly paying attention to JJL, but I think I would have noticed if there was anything bizarre about Hauer’s anatomy.
[QUOTE=kidchameleon]
James ‘Scotty’ Doohan always hid his missing finger.
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When I was active in the Libertarian Party a frequent speaker at conventions and such was Richard Boddie, who is missing an index finger. He was so accomplished at not drawing attention to that hand – using the other to gesture when he spoke, for example – it was three years before I noticed it. Even when he wasn’t ‘on’ he had a pipe that I never saw him smoke (Being in California this was not unusual) but was always fiddling with. Holding the bowl let his fingers curve in such a way that you just didn’t notice that he was one short. It wasn’t shame or embarrassment, but rather making his audience pay attention to his message rather than his funny-looking hand.
Ages ago there was a ‘Love American Style’ episode that featured a young man who was about to date a woman who’d been a centerfold. His buddy pointed out that you could see everything – except her hands. Every shot they were out of frame, or behind her, or in gloves. On the date she wore gloves and he became obsessed with seeing her hands. I don’t remember how it came out – whether there was an innocent reason or if he ever saw her hands at all.
[QUOTE=Morbo]
Shannen Doherty always makes an effort to have her head tilted slightly to one side, b/c if you look at her head-on her left eye is noticeably above her right. Check this out, but be forewarned, you’ll never be able to look at her again. (If that’s a bad thing for you).
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I’ve seen her called “the girl with the Picasso eyes.”
Ages ago there was a ‘Love American Style’ episode that featured a young man who was about to date a woman who’d been a centerfold. His buddy pointed out that you could see everything – except her hands. Every shot they were out of frame, or behind her, or in gloves. On the date she wore gloves and he became obsessed with seeing her hands. I don’t remember how it came out – whether there was an innocent reason or if he ever saw her hands at all.
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Her hands were the only things “virginal” about her. That’s why she kept them covered. I believe the ep ended with her realizing he was the man for her, and she slowly shyly removed the gloves.
[QUOTE=Scumpup]
The “coat thing” was common in action movies made in the 90’s. It was a form of visual shorthand for “cool guy.” Heroes and cool villains both wore the long coats.
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Yeah, I was trying to think of a film I’d seen him in where he wasn’t playing a bad guy or someone who was just plain wierd
[QUOTE=Terrifel]
Hauer had kind of a beer gut going for many years, didn’t he? Maybe his various directors were trying to divert attention from that fact.
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[QUOTE=MrDibble]
I blame Highlander for the 80s-90s overcoat=b-movie badass trend, actually.
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Director John Woo used this for ages. It’s really overplayed in that Nicholas Cage, John Travolta, Christian whathisname flick with the military jets and missing nuclear bombs…
IIRC Rutger showed most if not the full monty in Spetters.
[QUOTE=kidchameleon]
James ‘Scotty’ Doohan always hid his missing finger.
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In a drawer in his desk.
Sharp eyed (and quick) viewers can catch glimpses in some of the Trek eps or movies (“Keyboard? How quaint.” - iirc), but he was more often seen holding something or with his fist slightly clenched. I know some older guys (mostly vets, like Scotty) irl who do that fist thing.
As for the Rutger thing, I, too, think it’s more about the type of roles he often plays where the characters are tending towards a certain look. “I’ve seen … things … you people wouldn’t believe.”
[QUOTE=China Guy]
Director John Woo used this for ages. It’s really overplayed in that Nicholas Cage, John Travolta, Christian whathisname flick with the military jets and missing nuclear bombs…
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[QUOTE=ryobserver]
Germany’s last Kaiser, Wilhelm II, had a “withered” left arm, in the parlance of the day, apparently due to a birth injury. In photos you’ll find his left hand in his pocket or under a cape (he loved uniforms with capes), or his left side turned away from the camera.
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Another trick photographers used for Willie in posed photos was for him to be holding a pair of large gloves or gauntlets in his bad hand to create virtual length. In conjunction with the other tricks it worked quite well.
