Annoying Hollywood Cliche #whatever: Plain young woman removes her glasses and

[raccoon]

not only is she instantly transformed into a glamorous siren, whatever was wrong with her eyesight suddenly is cured, and she no longer needs glasses.

[moriah]

1. Ah yes, the mysterious instantaneous contacts...

At least in Love Potion #9 the changes were explained.

[MorningGlow]

12. I was just thinking about that movie the other day!

It's a really great flick. And I love Sandra Bullock. I'm itching to see it again soon.

[meegbear]

16. I'm no Sandra Bullock fan (she's on my "This movie's gonna suck" list) ...

so what is the secret about removing glasses and being able to see?

[MorningGlow]

17. Contacts, silly!

At least in LP#9 they did address that. And the fact that she got her teeth fixed. And found a sugar daddy to buy her designer clothes and pay for a nice haircut. (They killer body was her own, apparently, hiding under a lab coat.)

I say give the movie a chance. It really is cute and clever.

[meegbear]

18. Ahhh, gotcha ...

but now I don't have to see the movie!

Thanks :hi:

[MorningGlow]

20. Booooo!

:P :spank:

There's more to it than that--especially the way the movie deals with the same issue on the men's side (male geek gets chicks). Watch it--you'll like it! It gets the MG seal of approval! :D

[NewJeffCT]

2. An attractive woman doesn't need to remove her glasses

to be a siren, in my book.

[driver8]

11. Amen to that!!

I love women in glasses!!

[BreweryYardRat]

23. Amen. n/t

[Iggo]

3. You would love...

...Not Another Teen Movie. (Glasses?!?! Ponytail?!?! Overalls?!?!)

[Turbineguy]

4. She takes off her glasses

and doesn't look so intelligent (code for scary) anymore.

[raccoon]

15. Great post. nt

[eyepaddle]

5. Yeah, that one is near the top of the list--at least in number of times it is used

It seems to be the feminine equivalent of the retired secret agent/cop/criminal/cowboy who gets pulled back in one more time. AKA "The Gunslinger who has hung up his guns" syndrome.

Does the "glasses removed = instant maximum hotness" have a close cousing the way the "back from retirement" has the "one last job BEForE retirment" variation?

[SoCalDem]

6. AND she lets her glorious long hair down...

Glasses & a bun always mean an ugly duckling is about to emerge:)

[grace0418]

7. And naturally she already has a perfect body that she hides under frumpy clothes.

So when she gets rid of the bun and the glasses, she suddenly finds a bunch of tight, short, low-cut clothing to show off her size 2 body and big boobs.

[Archae]

8. Isaac Asimov wrote about just this, more than 50 years ago.

In his essay, "The Cult Of Ignorance."

http://home.earthlink.net/~durangodave/html/writing/Science_Education.htm

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

9. I saw such a scene in an old flick just last night.

Bogart's "The Big Sleep"- the first bookstore scene.



It seemed to help her even more when she let her hair down for him... :evilgrin:

[kay1864]

14. I got curious as to who that was...

since I've never seen The Big Sleep.

Dorothy Malone, and she's still around at 83:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Malone

[jobycom]

21. Funny. I watched that the other night, too, and thought of it when I saw the OP.

However, she was attractive to him even before the glasses came off. I think the OP was talking more about the ugly duckling syndrome, where the unnoticed female with glasses takes off the glasses and is suddenly noticed by everyone.

[Sequoia]

24. And who could forget.....

[Iggo]

27. Oh, yikes!

Poor thing. So ugly!

:rofl:

[Pierre.Suave]

10. Girls with Glasses are...

HOT!!!!

[moriah]

26. That's what my man thinks.

Too bad for our relationship -- I outgrew my need for glasses once my lazy eye responded to the patches and drops.

Now I only need reading glasses. Which is good for the bedroom, I guess (he only gets to see me in my oh-so-hot glasses when I'm laying down reading a novel).

Eventually age will catch up with me and my far-sightedness will get severe enough for me to need them more. Right now I can live with or without them. I just get headaches after reading tiny print.

[MorningGlow]

13. I had to do that in a play once

Back when I was a young hottie. Act I, hair yanked back severely (but no glasses) and frumpy clothes. Act II, I did the princess thing--dolled up, hair down, made a big entrance down a staircase to go on a date, and each night the audience gasped--audibly. It was kinda creepy and weird.

[Solon]

19. Never understood this stupid Cliche....

Women in Glasses are simply the sexiest people on the planet. I love them! :loveya:

[Iggo]

28. Woof.

That is all.

[jobycom]

22. This gets used on men, too, though not as much.

It isn't always glasses, though. Sometimes it's hair style or some clothing, like a sweater vest.

[raccoon]

25. Yes. Remember Colin Firth in BRIDGET JONES' DIARY, wearing the dorky sweater? nt

[Sequoia]

29. And when the male actor takes off his glasses......ta dum....

[LostinVA]

30. My wife likes me to keep my glasses on

She even picks out the frames.

She's a pev.