Word: airbrush
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Actresses used to publish breathy memoirs; today they write about deep-breathing exercises. Victoria Principal, who plays J.R. Ewing's saintly sister-in-law on Dallas, has been a fitness buff for years. "In my publicity photos they used to airbrush the muscles out of my arms," says Principal, who jogs up a mountain three times a week. Now she has her revenge: The Body Principal is soon to hit the bookstores, where it will join the dozens of other glossy guides like Jane Fonda's ? on weight lifting and weight reducing, on holistic medicine and pregnancy therapy...
...hair; a 5 o'clock shadow darkens Cary Grant's cleft chin; Lana Turner's forehead is marred by blemishes; and the Frank Sinatra of 1945 resembles a textbook definition of adenoidal irregularity. Kobal wisely concludes his collection at 1960. These days, color photographers flatter, airbrush and highlight cinema stars to idolized images. Lost is that earlier fragile humanity, peeking through the pancake makeup...