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1 online resource (streaming video file) (47 min. 42 sec.) ; 288002374 bytes |
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*Nudity and Surgical Procedures*In the brave new world of de-racialisation, surgeons transform the appearance of people from ethnic minorities, making them look 'whiter', more European. Whether it's a more caucasian nose, longer legs, wider eyes or even less body hair, plastic surgery and science are making anything possible.Part one of this series follows people who are willing to undergo painful and often dangerous surgery to make their dreams come true. A Malaysian-born man of 155cm living in the UK wants to have a leg lengthening operation so he can get on in his profession. He wants to be taken seriously and to be able to look people in the eye and not he dismissed as a teenager.A Caribbean-born woman who wears a J-cup bra, hates her 'African tribal breasts' and is having a reduction procedure. She wants them to be like Victoria Beckham's. A flat-chested Asian woman living in Essex wants to have implants so she more resembles the figure of white women she believes British men prefer. A Middle-Eastern man has regular laser treatment to shed his thick body hair. An Asian man has his penis lengthened and thickened.Does it make these people happy or fit in more with their new looks? Surgeons performing these procedures think there is nothing wrong with this narrowing of the racial differences, but some beg to differ.PRODUCTION DETAILSProduced and directed by Krishnendu Majumbar; executive producer Narinder Minhas; a Wildcard Logo production for Channel 4 UK |
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Broadcast 2011-05-18 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Breast -- Surgery.
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Ethnicity -- Social aspects.
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Human skin color -- Psychological aspects.
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Mind and body therapies.
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Surgery, Plastic -- Social aspects.
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Surgical technology.
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United Kingdom.
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Streaming video
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Dabydeen, David, contributor
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Majumdar, Krishnendu, director
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Schumann, Geoff, contributor
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