Heidi Montag is a 23 year old "reality star" of "The Hills", the worst MTV show creation in history since "The Real World". A show that depicts the lives of young, rich, white kids that live and lounge in Orange County and West Hollywood, spending their purpose filled lives shopping and gossiping.
And if that has not already put you to sleep, "The City" will. "The City" is another show, depicting the idealized "Sex in the City"/ privileged-type lifestyle that is full of fashion world complexities that truly serve as "food for thought" for the next generation of MTV viewers ( i.e. the youth of America).
Heidi, who is only twenty-three, recently underwent ten plastic surgery procedures in one day, to alter her appearance so she can feel good about herself and deal with being in "the limelight." Her procedures included a brow lift, botox injections, fat injections in her cheeks, her chin shaved down, lips plumped, ears tucked back, and another boob job that puts her at a double F.
I ask you this: Was she really all that bad before?
Vanity.
I get vanity. Vanity I understand. Vanity ingrained in women, that too, I understand. Vanity is ingrained in men to a certain degree, that too, I get. Biologically we all want to look as decent as we can to attract a mate and make babies. Alright, I get it. Even animals in nature, like certain birds, puff out their chests and fan out their colorful feathers in hopes to catch a little glimmer of an eye and fertilize an egg or two.
Alright, that I can rationalize.
But this shit- I just don't understand.
I don't understand the OBSESSION, the sheer nut case OBSESSION with ageism and faking a youthful appearance as long as you can in Hollywood. Sure, we all want to age gracefully, but why can't we all just "let go and let God"? Personally, I don't want to be 19 again, and I do not need to look 19 either.However, what is the source of this illness in Hollywood? An illness that would drive a 23 year old, who was perfectly fine and naturally beautiful, to alter herself so much so that she no longer looks like the same person?
One must hate themselves so much, inside and out, to no longer want to see their own face reflected back at them in the mirror any longer and ever again.
It is truly sad, and my heart goes out to Heidi, and all the others affected in Hollywood and to all the upper class who are affected by this illness and believe themselves to be associated with Hollywood.
Artistically, I don't understand plastic surgery in Hollywood. When I think of the early glamour days of Hollywood, I see actors that aged, and aged gracefully. I see actors that kicked ass and were "ready for their close-ups" until the very end of their careers. Actors were unique, and all distinct from one another. Their voices, the looks in their eyes, and their "inner" qualities as actors is what anxiously drew you to the movies with your popcorn in hand.
Hollywood has completely lost that. Red carpet events are mere competitions for "who can look exactly like the next chick, but a tad better, and a little bit more nipped and tucked."
Did Marilyn Monroe nip and tuck? A size 16, she was a goddess. No botox there. Actors can not even make proper expressions and animate themselves anymore like they used to BECAUSE of botox injections.
How does that make sense, artistically?
And if Hollywood's main job is to pump out B- movies to the masses, why does it matter so much?
Would you really stop watching films if actors looked their ages? Would you really stop watching movies if actresses were at a healthy weight, had a few wrinkles, and had a normal looking chest?
Would you.....
......really?
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