In just seven daysâŠ
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Then thereâs this famous bit of body horror-
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Owowowowow! No one said being a werewolf would hurt so damn much!
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And Lon Chaney Jrâs transformations.
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Thatâs less body horror and more body hair.
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Well, why else you think they seem so pissed and murder-rage-y all the damn time?
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INDEED. But done with STYLE. And hair is a part of the body.
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Thatâs a hurtful stereotype. Why, I saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at Trader Vicâs and his hair was perfect!
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And to make matters worse, the music doesnât seem to help, either.
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The other famous 80s Werewolf Transformation.
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Only you and Warren Zevon. The rest of us are watching different movies.
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Yeah, well I saw both Lon Chaney and Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen.
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Okay, so Iâm stretching the âentertainmentâ part of this, but back in the Middle Ages, the way to show evil was to show body deformations. Hereâs an example from the tympanum of the entrance to Notre Dame. Notice that all the devils have faces on different parts of their bodies. That was to demonstrate their evil nature. I think we have inherited that same idea when it comes to contemporary horror because if you look at most horror villains, theyâre deformed in some way.
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The lesson implied by this is designed to move any passerby emotionally by the cautionary example it sets. This is a role entertainment has played in the past through the present.
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I agree, although Iâm differentiating injury from deformation. In the image you shared, this is a saintly person who has likely been killed for his faith and thus shows an example of true devotion. In the devils above, the deformation is inherent to them and thus demonstrates their evil nature.
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Letâs focus on the good and the beautiful
Canât talk Trek without the absolute queen:
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I was very disappointed when I learned that they didnât use her voice in ST V when she has a lovely voice.
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Thatâs Robert Picardo, probably best known as the holographic doctor on âStar Trek: Voyagerâ, and heâs gonna give you a piece of his mind. At that point in the movie, I began to suspect Joe Dante was pulling my leg.
I think I read a 400 word passage describing this in an Umberto Eco novel. And itâs not just in sculpture, it was common in plays as well (Richard III, anyone?), so yeah, I think youâre on the money.
Evil Uhura FTW:
I was very shocked when I heard them say âUhuraâs fan danceâ like that was a thing. (Was that a thing? I donât recall it being a thing before!)
(Oh, and Discourse gave me the 20% warning message, so I guess weâre twinsies now, @TeriG 
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Uh-oh! Discourse is concerned! 
Well, I guess itâs a thing insofar as she did it once in one movie for about a minute. I wouldnât call it a defining event or anything though.
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