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It’s not Hollywood that’s youth obsessed (part 2)
June 3, 2008
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This is one of the topics that I knew Elaine discussed a lot on her own site and I wanted to get her take on this trend that in my opinion is turning gorgeous women into doll-like-creatures.
According to Elaine, of laineygossip.com and CTV’s eTalk, many Hollywood celebs are getting injected because in their minds they will look more relevant and will be able to ensure they get casted for the next big role (and the one after that … and the one after that).
This is also a trend that is affecting women as much as men. When you look at men like Billy Bob Thornton … you’ll quickly see that he looks way “younger” today than he did 10 years ago and I doubt it has anything to do with a raw food diet. When you look at men like Kenny Rogers, Axl Rose (lead singer of Guns and Roses), Mickey Rourke and Bruce Jenner, you want to scream “plastic surgery gone bad”.
Elaine used Nicole Kidman as an example of a Hollywood celebrity who has taken cosmetic enhancement too far (Nicole also made the cover of the Radar article that started this whole discussion: Hollywood over 35: are they obsessed with perfection?)
Most men and women would actually agree on the fact that Nicole Kidman is a very beautiful woman, but I think just like Elaine, we’d all agree that in recent years Nicole seems to looks too perfect. It’s true that when you look at Nicole you cannot see one wrinkle or even on line on her face, but that still doesn’t make her look young or younger, it simply makes her look like she has access to plastic surgeon at will.
Don’t blame Hollywood
My discussion with Elaine ended with a reality check: “Don’t kid yourself, we are as youth obsessed as Hollywood”. Elaine explained how many of her readers (mostly women) won’t hesitate to fire off an email her way to dish out on a celeb that “seems to have gained weight” or a celeb “that’s looking a little too much their age”. Elaine points out how it’s “necessity” for some women to point out other women’s flaws and shortcomings … “it’s not men doing it …but the women”.
If Elaine’s conclusion is correct, there is a lot of soul searching that we need to do as a society before blaming Hollywood: “Youth obsession is a real issue in our everyday life and Hollywood is simply a magnification of what happens in our society”.
Photo by Montrasio International
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