Monday, September 17, 2007
Redbook's Photoshopping of Faith Hill
A blog called Jezebel provides an example of the kind of digital alteration of images that Susan Bordo laments in "The Empire of Images in our World of Bodies." You can find it at http://jezebel.com/gossip/top/heres-our-winner-redbook-shatters-our-faith-in-well-not-publishing-but-maybe-god-278919.php
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Isn't it amusing that those who appear to already have it "all" feel the absolute need to strive for more. Let me pose this question - if even those who have it all (from our perspective) want more, is the "all" all it's really cracked up to be AND do I want it?
Personally, I have my all - and I'm comfortable reading these magazines and seeing these images because all that they are confirming to me is that you never stop wanting - regardless of what you have. Of great interest was the piece about Oprah - now, that's a perfect example of the pot calling the kettle black. Reassuringly enough though, it appears that more individuals are becoming jaded with the glitz and hold a more cynical view towards those who hold themselves on such high moral ground.
As Bill Cosby said in one of his comedic routines "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."
I am disenchanted with Oprah. A person that came from humble beginnings in Mississippi, to renowned films and talk shows. Now, she is nothing more than another one of those that is striving for beauty. Becoming someone else.
Remember the old saying "believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see" ? Well, not anymore. Even, men wear make up and dye their hair, grown it back or better yet, transplant it.
Dawn, that's a good question--(If even those who have it all want more, is the all really all it's cracked up to be and do I want it?) I guess the answer is no--having it "all" isn't, apparently, completely satisfying.
The question that keeps my brain keeping in circles, though, is who really wanted Faith Hill to look like this? I bet Faith Hill herself had no say in what they did to her image, so it wasn't her. It's the photo editor or art director who wanted a thinner, smoother, younger, bigger-haired Faith Hill, I guess, but do they just wake up in the morning and say, "I'm going to make real women look like Barbie dolls"? They must think someone else--readers or advertisers--want to see these pared-down and simplified versions of human beings.
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