 With
MTV leading the way in trash television, a new wave of hysteria
has hit the screen: extreme makeovers.
Nobody loves a makeover as much as I do, but with skin slitting
and bone chipping, the idea of making someone look “better”
has exceeded the basic principles of the makeover.
The premise of a makeover used to be that with a little lipstick
and blush, and some new jeans and shoes, a woman could feel better
about herself. Now women must invest $12,000 in rhinoplasty and
a boob job to feel they are worthy to blend with our society.
Twentieth Century Fox will broadcast the premier of “The Swan”
on Monday, March 29. Fox.com claims this show will give women a
chance to turn their lives around.
According to the Web site, ’The Swan’ takes women who
are stuck in a rut and revitalizes them by restoring their beauty
and confidence. It offers women the incredible opportunity to undergo
physical, mental and emotional transformations and follows them
through the process. This groundbreaking idea culminates in a pageant
in which one woman will be crowned ‘The Ultimate Swan.’”
I couldn’t have written a more sarcastic and absurd synopsis
myself.
What this message is telling women of the country is that women
who are simply “stuck in a rut” now have only one option:
surgery.
Your beauty and confidence can only be “restored” by
one thing: surgery.
Physical, mental and emotional transformations come with surgery.
Really? I had no idea that taking fat and tissue from your southern
cheeks, and cramming it into your northern cheeks could cause changes
in attitude, well being and appearance.
And after all that, women who were ripped apart, poked at and scrutinized
under the knife will have to do it all again under the spotlight.
Only one woman will win the “beauty” pageant. Only one
woman will undergo life changes to be told, “NOW you are good
enough.”
And good enough for what? Showbiz? Vogue? Reality television?
And the major prime time networks are not the only ones documenting
the morphing craze.
Yes, MTV has infiltrated the makeover madness with “True Life:
I’m getting plastic surgery” and its new hit, “I
Want a Famous Face.”
The latter is the climax of media-meets-real life. “I Want
a Famous Face” documents impressionable and weak young adults
going through the processes of plastic surgery. But these crazies
want to look like icons, and specific icons at that.
The guinea pigs aren’t just saying, “I wanna look hot.”
They have picked out exactly whose face they want as their own.
Mike and Matt wanted to look like Brad Pitt. Actually, Mike wanted
to look like Pitt from “Legends of the Fall,” and Matt
wanted to look like Pitt from “Meet Joe Black.” Huge
difference.
Today Matt and Mike look nothing like Pitt. After cheek and chin
implants, nose jobs and lip jobs, Matt and Mike look just as bad
as they did from the beginning.
These boys had so much facial acne that they could not even shave
their faces. But MTV never thought about taking Matt and Mike to
a dermatologist. MTV took the boys to a plastic surgeon and a hair
salon where they got bad makeup jobs for the “photo shoot.”
Now Jennette wants to look like Kate Winslet, Jesse wants to look
like Elvis and Sha wants to look like Pamela Anderson.
Michael, a pre-op transsexual, wants breast and cheek implants,
his eyebrow bone shave, his eyebrow lifted and his hairline lowered.
Michael, after eight months of hormone injections, wants to become
“Jessica,” and Jessica desires a career as a runway
model.
Stay tuned to see if her dreams come true…
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