'The Ugly Stepsister' Review: Brutal, Nauseating Take on the Cinderella Story

Apr 16, 2025 - 16:04
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'The Ugly Stepsister' Review: Brutal, Nauseating Take on the Cinderella Story

It's said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Margaret Wolff Hungerford's timeless 1878 idiom loses its meaning when surrounding individuals repeatedly point out one's "flaws," all of which adhere to unrealistic patriarchal beauty standards. Subjectivity vanishes and both pain and self-hatred emerge. This conversation often feels like beating a dead horse; it's exhausting. Is there anything new to bring to the undying issue of humanity's fraught relationship with physical beauty? Well, as the Ozempic craze continues and the "ballet body" aesthetic soars, as noted by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), perhaps beating a dead horse is all we have.

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