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And so I spent most of my life puzzling
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And so I spent most of my life puzzling on the reason for this or that or center. I was...

And so I spent most of my life puzzling on the reason for this or that or center. I was not a good student. I regularly failed my exams. And I really don't think
I'm at all clever. Quite stupid, in fact. But interestingly, I had this ability to-- I think they call it lateral thinking. Therefore, I was always
coming up with ideas which were entirely different
than everyone else's

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And so I spent most of my life puzzling
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on the reason for this or that or center.
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I was not a good student.
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I regularly failed my exams.
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And I really don't think I'm at all clever.
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Quite stupid, in fact.
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But interestingly, I had this ability to--
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I think they call it lateral thinking.
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Therefore, I was always coming up with ideas
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which were entirely different than everyone else's.
Duration
34 seconds
Views
48
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:59
Uploaded
Apr 09, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
A24,Muck Media

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Movie Summary

John and Mike Mew's fringe orthodontic theories have found a passionate audience online-but now Mike must fight the establishment to keep his practice.
Traditional truths are not always correct. - Open Wide 00:05
Traditional truths are not always correct.
Once you've come up with the answer, - Open Wide 00:17
Once you've come up with the answer,
A delicate subject to talk about other people, - Open Wide 00:12
A delicate subject to talk about other people,
But if you walk down the street, you'll find a huge number of people - Open Wide 00:08
But if you walk down the street, you'll find a huge num...
Now, most people think, "Well, I've just got a flat face." - Open Wide 00:10
Now, most people think, "Well, I've just got a fla...
I spent most of my life - Open Wide 00:21
I spent most of my life
I started off very much part of the establishment. - Open Wide 00:19
I started off very much part of the establishment.
We'll fix it." - Open Wide 00:21
We'll fix it."
Most orthodontic treatment flattens faces. - Open Wide 00:12
Most orthodontic treatment flattens faces.
It's a bit like taking a cardboard box. - Open Wide 00:09
It's a bit like taking a cardboard box.
It's better to try and lodge the jaws to take the whole lot forward, - Open Wide 00:09
It's better to try and lodge the jaws to take the whole...
My dear wife, Jo, and I were treated traditionally. - Open Wide 00:39
My dear wife, Jo, and I were treated traditionally.
{\an8}William, my older one, I was just forming these ideas. - Open Wide 00:29
{\an8}William, my older one, I was just forming these ideas.
{\an8}His younger sister, - Open Wide 00:09
{\an8}His younger sister,
And therefore, some of the contraptions I wore - Open Wide 00:06
And therefore, some of the contraptions I wore
{\an8}I remember Bill being taped up to this headgear - Open Wide 00:08
{\an8}I remember Bill being taped up to this headgear
Well, initially, they hadn't got the alarm quite right, - Open Wide 00:08
Well, initially, they hadn't got the alarm quite right,
If my jaw dropped, it would be-- - Open Wide 00:06
If my jaw dropped, it would be--
We were fair game for experimentation. - Open Wide 00:22
We were fair game for experimentation.
Pretending it was breastfeeding, as if you were breastfeeding. - Open Wide 00:05
Pretending it was breastfeeding, as if you were breastfeedin...