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Maybe the main character from Kyle XY, the new series on ABC Family, could get together with the girl from Silent Hill and bond over their missing body parts. (Kyle will have to do most of the talking.) These kinds of images do make for weirdly compelling advertising. (You’ll recall that people had all sorts of fun with the Silent Hill posters.) But some people think they’re stupid and annoying. The guy over at the Hairshirt blog wonders: “Did Disney produce thirteen episodes of a show where a family tries to find this kid’s belly button? Or maybe he’s a

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