Here is something funny for those of you who enjoyed BORAT. I thought it was one of the strangest yet oddly entertaining films around. So here is something off the special features of the DVD. You don’t even have had to seen the movie to enjoy this.
Archive for March 14th, 2007
HOLY HELL!!! When I read the Abby Friedrich article I almost burst out laughing. First thing I saw was “The consumer isn’t a moron. She is your wife” but surprisingly enough that is not the part of the article that I found the most humorous. When I came upon the part when Friedrich claims that this scantily jean clad woman was the standard for women in our society I laughed.
These ‘hot’ girls in ads are not the standard. Everyone knows that, so why try and fool yourselves in believing them to be the standard. These advertisement models are not every guys’ dream girl for no reason. These models are unattainable for both guys and girls. So if anything they are not the standard, they are the “Ideal/ Dream”.
You may think I’m a dick but seriously, if you are self conscious because you don’t look like an advertisement model, then give your head a shake. Maybe 2% of the population has ‘model looks’. How can you justify naming these few people the standard. If anything they are the deviation.
So they have beautiful faces. I’m fine with my average face. So they have rock hard abs. I’m fine with my average midsection. So they are really really ridiculously good looking and have sex with other really really ridiculously good looking people. I’m ok with th…ok so I’m not ok with that. But honestly whatever. The majority of the population will never look as gorgeous as these models, but for me I can see a perfectly beautiful girl without her being the so-called ‘model figure’. The majority of people have a couple features that are absolutely breath-taking, but models just have an abundance of these. Thank the genes/jeans for that.
As in the article, I understand that adolescents may not have the maturity to discern between these false standards and it is important to try and make the reality behind these ads clear. My problem is with the so-called mature adults still having problems because they don’t look like the people in the ads. These models may only have one thing going for them(although probably not always). Their looks. They could be dumb as fuck. Would you give up your life to be this beautiful individual that was bordering the knowledge of a 4 yr old? I wouldn’t.
It’s important to dream and to attempt to achieve your dreams. That’s what makes a person successful. Degrading yourself because you can’t always achieve your goals is dumb and irrational. Dreams are Dreams because they are doubtful to be achieved. It is important to remember this when looking at advertisement models. They are not the standard to live your life by, for the majority of people they are the ‘dream body’ or ‘dream guy/girl’. Therefore don’t get down on yourself for not achieving the dream or ideal. It’s only human.
