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1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 min. 1 sec.) ; 167689015 bytes |
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Introduced by former Queensland Premier Anna BlighIn a world obsessed with physical beauty, Robert Hoge is a man embracing 'ugly'. Hoge was born 41 years ago with a massive tumour in the middle of his face. At first his own mother couldn't bear to look at him and the family was advised to 'put him in a home'. There were national newspaper headlines when a pioneering craniofacial surgeon used the cartilage from baby Robert's toe to construct a nose.Hoge grew up to become a journalist and then built a stellar career as a public servant culminating in the job of media advisor to then Queensland Premier Anna Bligh. But he has rejected further surgery that might make him look more conventional.Now a husband and a father himself, he's on a mission to confront us all with some difficult questions and start a new debate about concepts of beauty and ugliness and everything in between.. |
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Broadcast 2013-09-16 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Face -- Abnormalities.
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Journalists -- Biography.
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People with disabilities -- Family relationships.
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Queensland -- Brisbane.
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Streaming video
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Bligh, Anna, host
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Atkinson, Leigh, contributor
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Dodd, Sue, contributor
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Eltham, Kate, contributor
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Hoge, Catherine, contributor
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Hoge, Imogen, contributor
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Hoge, Mary, contributor
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Hoge, Robert, contributor
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Hoge, Vince, contributor
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Lucas, Paul, contributor
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Lunn, Hugh, contributor
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