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I’ve never seen anyone wear more makeup! How does she take it off? With a chisel?
— Sarah · Peter's Friends
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Sarah is astonished at how thick someone's makeup looks and jokes that removing it must need a chisel. The exaggeration turns the face into a sculpture or a wall of plaster, and the humour is in the catty, vivid image of hacking it off.
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