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Permanent MARKERS

When I was young, I wanted to be an actor. Actors must be chameleons, therefore what I couldn’t do was get a tattoo. Charlie Sheen had to wear arm make-up for the 1986 film Lucas and it was such a big deal I still remember the Dolly articles about it. Incidentally, I have no remaining interest in Charlie Sheen, but I do have an increasing interest in the notion of arm make-up.

Most actors have tattoos these now, it would have to be called

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