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Quick one; why is she so white towards the ending?


Hi, a quick question. Just saw the last 15 minutes and I wonder why she was so extremely white? Seemed like her face became more white on every frame. Was there a point with that?

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It was special make-up (we see them using white powder)they did for pope for public appearances.

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Thanx

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I don't know if it's the answer, but upper class women of that time valued white skin. Some women took small doses of arsenic to achieve the look

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Pope Joan was under the cover of a man, so this would therefore sort contradict what she hoped for. Anyways, I only saw the last 15 minutes of the movie and it just seemed so extreme in "his" case. Mum-um above explains it though.

Cheers.

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