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Originally Posted by Carno
She's a freak just because she happens to be attractive and takes care of her body?  |
Her attractiveness is, for lack of a better term, freaky-it's uniquely beautiful-you don't have to be told it's Salma, you know it is and I daresay, are not turned off by seeing her appear. One of the 'appeals' of celebrities such as her, Nicole Kidman, etc., is their uniqueness in beauty, hence, freakness-standing out from the crowd due to their unusual good looks. And they have to take care of their bodies, their looks or they will lose that uniqueness and be fodder for the media rags.
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Originally Posted by spectre
I have to agree with Carno here. And I think a lot of the recent posts in this thread are exactly what lurkette was talking about. We're getting a lot of people judging themselves harshly, but oddly enough, they're taking it out on others by calling them freaks. There are some that, yes, I can say are freakish because it's to a point where you just know they're beyond not being healthy, but to lump all attractive women in there.  |
First off, you're misunderstanding my statement. Uniqueness=freaky. Attractiveness/beauty is not the same as a circus freak. No one lumped 'all attractive women'; I know I can be attractive when I take the time, but I'm not going to be viewed as exceptional, unusual, etc., because my 'attractiveness' simply is not nearly on the same plane, nor do I have legions of people dressing me, making me up, etc.
People pay attention to the likes of beautiful celebrities because of their ability to stand out. Conversely, people seem to take pleasure in watching these same celebrities fall, ala Kirstie Alley, Britney Spears.
(By the way, the last woman in the ad is, to me, extremely beautiful. Dove is still pushing the 'beauty' aspect of aging)