Gap-Toothed Women
Directed by Les Blank • 1987 • United States Filmmaker Les Blank breezily questions our commonly accepted standards of beauty with this paean to women with extra-wide dental spaces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34hWEbldaFE
Directed by Les Blank • 1987 • United States Filmmaker Les Blank breezily questions our commonly accepted standards of beauty with this paean to women with extra-wide dental spaces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34hWEbldaFE
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