#anyway not a dig at the concept of this delineation just a ruminating

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period drama face vs. iphone face is an interesting discourse bc it does have material history backing it up - dentistry, medical science in general, diet, sun exposure, etc are all conditions that contribute to what we understand as a "contemporary" face (or body). but I think there's also some element of looking for difference. we don't want to see someone in a period drama that we'd just see on the street or on instagram, bc it breaks the immersion. costumes etc can help with that but having a bit of a peculiar face puts you ahead of the pack. imo this speaks to the idea that in order to really buy historical fiction/period dramas/etc we need to see it as wholly seperate from the present and the self. also why people get so antsy about period dramas set in time periods they were alive for and remember. it's difficult to think of history as something we lived through, rather than something that finished before we were born. even this itself is a very modern attitude brought about by the 90s end of history debate. ah well, gandalf quote, etc