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His website itself is interesting - check out the "Random Averages" post (http://pmsol3.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/strange-averages/):

- the average Golden Age male actor looks similar to his modern-day counterpart, maybe a bit older going by the receding hairline

- the Golden Age actress looks somewhat different from the modern - rounder eyes, somehow? Was that the preferred look for actresses of the era? (they doesn't look like averages, though...)

- the average porn actress is blonder than the celeb

Relatedly, it seems quite natural for average faces to be attractive - all the blemishes and asymmetries and extremes get evened out, leaving a very neutral look that most people don't have. Extremes are usually not attractive, after all.



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