Pondering life's eternal mysteries....

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Where do you draw the line between what I call "glasses ugly" (where a hot actress is dressed up in severe glasses and her hair put in a bun or maybe a ponytail or pigtails to convince viewers she's not hot), and "sexy librarian"?

They are clearly done with different goals, but the costuming is so similar.

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It's not just a plot mechanism in movies, actually. I can recall at least one case where it's been used to give a role that's supposed to be homely (Moaning Myrtle, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets) to a Typical Hot Young Actress and then making her Glasses Ugly. Rather than, you know, casting a girl who isn't a hottie and thereby implying that those who aren't beautiful have a chance to break into films.