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Jim Carrey Is the World’s Greatest Teeth Actor
The actor possesses the unique ability to conjure an entire sense of a character just using the insides of his mouth.
Ever present amid the limb flailing, back arching, and facial contortions is an expressive use of upper teeth, which jut out in a slight overbite that the actor pushes to its limits whenever he goes full wackadoo. Lloyd Christmas, the sweet idiot he plays in Dumb and Dumber, is iconic for both his bowl cut and a chipped front tooth that’s emphasized when pressed into a stupid, beaming smile. His take on Lemony Snicket’s Count Olaf, for example, features a fake nose and unkempt unibrow that frame his face, but Carrey injects layers of menace into the performance with subtle reveals of teeth.
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