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  "textContent": "Richard Dysart, who played Dr. Copper in John Carpenter's _The Thing_ (1982), showed up on the Antarctic set with a nose ring in his right nostril. Carpenter let it ride, which means a 50-something military camp physician in 1982 Antarctica has a visible nose piercing throughout the film. — Read the rest \n\nThe post Doc Copper's nose ring in The Thing was the actor's own idea appeared first on Boing Boing.",
  "title": "Doc Copper's nose ring in The Thing was the actor's own idea"
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