Use of albinistic features to indicate villains in Hollywood's film appears to have begun in the 1960s, and may be related to the popularity of tanning ( and thus a decrease in pale skin being seen as attractive ) in this period.
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However, in April 2000 ancient DNA analysis of that skin in the Smithsonian Institution led by Storrs Olson had shown that the Liverpool specimen was nothing more than a misidentified and mislabeled albinistic specimen of " C . g . gutturalis ".
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Albinistic actor Michael C . Bowman, of " Me, Myself and Irene ", has said, " Kids all over this country are being affected in a very negative and harmful way because of the sloppiness and laziness of a writer in Hollywood ."
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Also, if you look at the Albinism page you will notice that the albinistic people in the pictures have white eyebrows-not quite blonde but the principle is the same . "'( talk ) "'10 : 26, 17 January 2014 ( UTC)
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In some versions of the sewer alligator urban legends, the alligators supposedly became albinistic due to mutation ( which is implausible due to the short time scale ) and / or lack of exposure to sunlight ( which erroneously conflates pallor due to lack of exposure to sunlight with albinism ).
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"' Albinism in biology "'is the " Congenital absence of any pigmentation or coloration in a person, animal or plant, resulting in white hair and pink eyes in mammals . " Varied use and interpretation of the terms mean that written reports of albinistic animals can be difficult to verify.
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The " evil albino " stereotype or stock character is a villain in fiction who is depicted as being albinistic ( or displaying physical traits usually associated with albinism, even if the term is not used ), with the specific and obvious purpose of distinguishing the villain in question from the heroes by means of appearance.
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In the Shadow of the Sun ", a documentary filmed in Tanzania over the course of six years by Harry Freeland, featured the struggles of Josephat Torner, a campaigner for de-mystification of the superstitions about albinistic people and their use for witchcraft; and teenaged Vedastus, who hopes to survive albino-hunters to adulthood.
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"' Corrie " Al Beeno " Moody "'also known as "'" Prince Yellowman " "'( and not to be confused with ( albinistic, hence the nickname " Al Beeno . " By some he is considered as the next generation following popular Dancehall artist King Yellowman who became popular during the early 1980s throughout the 1990s.
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In response to the " albino gunmen " characters in " The Da Vinci Code " and " The Matrix Reloaded ", albinistic actor Dennis Hurley wrote, produced and starred in a short film parody, " The Albino Code ", playing up the stereotypes, illustrating a typical example of real-world prejudice, and pointing out that the vision problems associated with albinism would make a successful career as a hitman highly improbable.
