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	<title><![CDATA[The Metaphor of Facial Disfigurement]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-roche/the-metaphor-of-facial-di_b_144949.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[I am facially disfigured. The left side of my face and neck is empurpled and engorged by "veins gone wild" in the form of a congenital venous malformation. My appearance has been further distorted by multiple surgeries and radiation therapy. <p> <p>




And I am tired of seeing people like me portrayed as evil in the movies. <p>




In the movie The Dark Knight, I watched Aaron Eckhart being transformed from a handsome and virtuous district attorney into a revenge-bound monster. How?...</p></p></p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-12-20T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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