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...Pierce both sport mustaches in the film. What is it about facial hair that makes a guy seem shady? You'd have to ask Mr. Brosnan. Both Pierce and I read a script that never suggested either character had any facial hair. For some reason we both showed up to the first rehearsal, walked around the corner, almost bumped into each other and stared at each other's mustaches for about two minutes before he screamed "Character assassination...
...because of numerous medical, ethical and psychological concerns that had to be considered first. That's one reason it was so startling to learn last week that the first face transplant--albeit a partial one--has taken place. Doctors in France reported that they took a triangular patch of facial tissue containing the nose, lips and chin of a brain-dead donor and transplanted them onto a 38-year-old mother of two who had been severely mauled by a dog last...
...facial transplant, which would have been unusual under any circumstances, stirred heated debate following a French media report that the woman might have sustained her injuries during a suicide attempt in which the dog apparently bit her in an effort to wake her up. That raised the question of whether she was stable enough psychologically to give consent to the operation, never mind care for herself afterward. But Dr. Jean-Michel Dubernard, one of the surgeons who operated on the woman, denied the report. "There was no suicide attempt," he told reporters. Instead, he said, the woman took a sleeping...
Others criticized the operation as a rush to make history. "I believe a better result could have been achieved with careful facial reconstruction," says Dr. Denys Pellerin, vice president of the French National Academy of Medicine. "This procedure was based on ambition...
Travierso is a remarkably expressive Subtle. His facial contortions and impassioned eye and hand gestures carry his performance, although his longer monologues are sometimes tiring and overdone. Travierso’s best scenes are those that showcase his skillful use of his body—and his mime-like rendition of pipe-smoking provides an especially humorous aside...