Freaks Me Out
It freaks me out, to varying degrees, how the majority of female celebrities are made into sex objects. I mean besides Paris Hilton and Brittany Spears (are they really celebrities?) flashing (bombarding?) us their naughty bits which falls into the category of "those women who cater to the lowest common denominator". I am talking about the Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Scarlet Johannson women of fame. I would listen to their music, see their movies regardless of how pouty they make their lips or how flirtatious their eyes train on me. Does sex have to sell everything these days? One day these woman are serious at their craft and then they hit a little fame and its short shorts and tight t's city. Speaks a lot about society don't it.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
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Braid's...show us your tits!
Kidding.
it is a drag that we can't regard people for their talents alone. And if we could there would be waaaaay less celebrity.
But we (society) buys it and consumes it...I wish we could stop doing that.
I worked in a jazz/classical specialty store in the 90s. Diana Krall had been a respected, up and coming artist for a few years. But I remember that the very good response we got from playing her pre-style makeover CDs in the store was nothing compared to what happened when she first appeared in tight/strappy numbers on her CD covers. Instantaneous, huge non-jazz fanbase. That became a huge strategy trend in attempting to revive sales in jazz and classical sales. I think Krall's been media-hype-damaged and overrated sinced then.
krista, I show my man boobs every summer at the beach. You will be hearing that phrase a lot in the near future except the language will differ ie wahhhh wahhh wahhh. There are still some celebrities who seem to rise above the sex symbol stuff, but they seem to in the minority.
kalimba, thats dead on. Krall is a great example of someone with decent skills percieved as a star only partly due to her musical ability. If she doesn't wear the clothes, look the look and act the act she has nowhere near the recognition she enjoys now. I don't blame her, but it is a sad indictment about society.
...man boobs.
Don't be jealous.
Jealous?
No siree, I've gone from a regular set of A's to a D in only 9 short months...no jealousy here. ;-)
Enjoy it while you can.
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