Review: (Toronto) The Ugly One

Jesse Aaron Dwyre (photo by Bronwen Sharp)

Image, Identity and $$$
by Ramya Jegatheesan

Poor Lette. His wife can’t bear the sight of him, and his boss thinks he’s too ugly to sell his own inventions. 

“You can’t sell anything with that face,” he says. 

Not about to let an attractive underling (Jesse Aaron Dwyre) swoop in and be the face of his invention, the distraught plug inventor (David Jansen) decides to confront his own ugliness. 

This lands him on the doorstep of a resourceful plastic surgeon (Hardee T. Lineham) who, despite his revulsion to Lette’s looks, is persuaded to take a stab at improving his face.