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* Coincidentally, this episode aired during the theatrical run of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She's_All_That ''She's All That'']: a film centred around an unpopular, "unattractive" girl gaining popularity and happiness after having a makeover, including using contacts instead of glasses. (This is a recurring trope in American romantic comedies and teen dramas) Twelve years later, internet review The Nostalgia Chick would [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/team-nchick/nostalgia-chick/32202-shes-all-that compare the episode with the film], finding both that Daria was a more believable misanthrope than ''All That's'' Laney and that ''Lens'' lacks the film's implications that conformity will lead to happiness.

 

 

===Daria's Reading Material===