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Does Mary Sanderson have Bell's palsy?

posted 3 months ago by TMC-4 (20304)
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Hence why one side of her mouth droops and looks crooked:
https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=285bad7552b7fb10&sxsrf=ADLYWIIfoGyG1_HS1LgNPcE1iAAuLW1nsA:1729133670823&q=bell%27s+palsy&udm=2&fbs=AEQNm0Aa4sjWe7Rqy32pFwRj0UkWd8nbOJfsBGGB5IQQO6L3J_86uWOeqwdnV0yaSF-x2jrJh7Dt5wV71ckxEPe_0GQyc61_Jkg5ZI9z4zNW20fWd2tUn_HrTAULuFP7u75dytEkiWC15l7moHi_nYsx6bYU7gYxjHncfuRcjwgxByi-2dbm91Px5JKg1Jotj8vdUSEMemJ8XA6RB42LqHkYBEFrl5n20w&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiszN_xtJSJAxV_EEQIHe_QLc0QtKgLegQIIRAB

https://www.google.com/search?q=Mary+Sanderson+Hocus+Pocus&sca_esv=285bad7552b7fb10&udm=2&sxsrf=ADLYWILV27Fws1zVuA2JrfKpDjwAzo6VVA%3A1729133676458&ei=bHwQZ7raG-jJkPIPl7SsmAQ&ved=0ahUKEwi6wLf0tJSJAxXoJEQIHRcaC0MQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=Mary+Sanderson+Hocus+Pocus&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiGk1hcnkgU2FuZGVyc29uIEhvY3VzIFBvY3VzMgUQABiABDIGEAAYCBgeMgcQABiABBgYMgcQABiABBgYMgcQABiABBgYSJMpUABYwCdwAXgAkAECmAGDA6ABtCGqAQgwLjIxLjQuMbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCGaAC2x-oAgrCAgcQIxgnGOoCwgIEECMYJ8ICDhAAGIAEGLEDGIMBGIoFwgIIEAAYgAQYsQPCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICChAAGIAEGEMYigXCAg0QABiABBixAxhDGIoFwgIEEAAYA5gDL5IHBjEuMjEuM6AHi5AB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

Or am I simply looking too much into something like this?

[–] AmeriGirl26 (14794) 3 months ago

No. It's just a really weird quirk she has, a bad habit in how she holds her lip. I've seen illustrations of Bell's Palsy, and her face muscles don't look right for the ailment. Plus, she can move the muscles on both sides of her face.

[–] Kowalski (77085) 3 months ago

LOOKING TOO MUCH INTO SOMETING LIKE THIS.

[–] PaladinNJ (21629) 3 months ago

Kathy Naijimy made a face at someone, I don’t remember the circumstances, while on set and did that. The director loved it and made it part of the quirks for her character.

[–] TMC-4 (20304) 25 days ago

I recently began to wonder why the green potion that the Sandersons take to make them look physically younger also can't "fix" physical imperfections like Mary's crooked mouth or Winifred's buckteeth. I'm probably reading too much into something like that since it's safe to assume that they were like that since birth.