His skin had a pinkish cast, as though he spent a lot of time indoors.

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Winter, city life (with the concomitant shadows cast by tall buildings) and dark skin in dark climates all reduce this action.

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So, cast as a black man in the war movie, Lazarus decides to dye his skin surgically.

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