Neil Strauss

One of the most common questions I’ve
gotten about the book came out is, “Will
you go for coffee with me if I promise
not to ask you too much about pickup?”

The second most common question is,
“What the fuck is a C-shaped smile?”

They’re referring to a routine I came up
with, which Papa used to help land Paris
Hilton’s phone number in The Game.

The shape refers not to the lips or mouth
but to the teeth.

A C-shaped smile is one in which someone’s
row of upper teeth are shaped like a C.
It’s a wide smile, with many teeth showing
in the front.

This is the classic smile you see on the
cover of People magazine. It’s said to be
perceived as a friendlier, warmer smile.

Britney Spears has one:

http://www.neilstrauss.com/smiles/britney.jpg

Now a U-shaped smile is one in which just
two or three teeth are seen in the front,
then the teeth run straight back. It’s
somewhat reminiscent of a horse’s mouth.

It’s said to be perceived as unfriendly.

No offense to anyone who has a U-shaped smile,
because I think the theory is horseshit and
say so when I present it.

However, many celebrities it turns out have
had their teeth actually reshaped surgically
to a C. One of them I even wrote a book with.

Christina Aguilera didn’t have that surgery.
She has classic U-Shaped Smile where the teeth
show mostly along the sides of the mouth rather
than in the front (She also has a better voice
than Britney Spears, so there is some consolation):

http://www.neilstrauss.com/smiles/christina.jpg

Finally, here, in its entirety, is the C’s
versus U’s routine. It’s a true story about
one of the women I dated during my pick up
days. The relationship lasted a week. You’ll
see why below.

Use at your own risk to spice up a conversation
that’s going stale:

Style: Smile again for me.

Woman: Um, okay.

Style (to wing): See, she’s a U.

Woman: (look of puzzlement)

Style: I dated a girl who wanted to be a
pop star. And she had a theory that people
with U-shaped smiles were perceived as
unfriendly.  And people with C-shaped smiles
were perceived as friendly.

Woman: So what’s a U then?

Style: A U is when your teeth go straight
back in your mouth and only a few teeth show
in front. A C is when there’s a big row of
pearly whites in the front.

Woman: Um, okay.

Style: I know. I don’t really believe it,
but to my ex, it was more than a theory. She
actually got her teeth surgically reshaped
from a U to a C. She had to get her jaw broken
in three places. Can you believe it?

Woman: Ewwww. That’s crazy.

Style: And she had me go look at pictures
of like Christina Aguilera, who is a U, and
Britney Spears, who is a C. And she said that’s
why Christina is always seen as the bad girl
while Britney’s usually seen as the good one.
Look at the cover of “US” or any magazine,
and you’ll see that it’s always a C smile
on the cover.

(Note: In light of current events, you may
want to change the Britney Spears example
of a friendly C to Jessica Simpson.)

From here, you two can inspect the teeth of
her friends or of random strangers looking
for the perfect C or U.

If you want to drag it out, here’s a little
joke courtesy of a PUA from The Game named
Nightlight9.

Nightlight9: She was from LA, and you have to
be careful with them. Whenever you go out with
girls in LA, everything can be really fake.
Fake hair (point to your head), fake eyes
(point to eyes), fake nose (point to nose), fake
teeth (point to teeth), fake breasts (cup your
breasts). You have to take them to the doctor
first to find out which parts are real. They
put them through a machine, and you get a long
print-out at the end. Then you can decide whether
you want to date them or not.

Lisa still hasn’t forgiven me for saying she had
a U-shaped smile.  :-)

Anyway, use and enjoy. And if you’re a woman
reading this, of course it would never work
on you.

Yours,

Neil

8491 Sunset Blvd #348
West Hollywood, CA 90069

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