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Holiday Magic

Holiday Magic

1985 · 7 min

"Inspired by a record to help women with beauty problems. I tried dubbing the voice of the man on the record into the mouth of some fat dude in a Spanish laxative commercial I had laying around. Lots of bits and pieces of unusual footage are used to further illustrate how ridiculous things can get." – Heather McAdams

Directed by Heather McAdams

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