I decided that the stuff I write about isn't controversial enough, so here goes:
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Megan Fox. America's obsession. She has become an idol, the epitome of modern beauty. A sizable percentage of the viewers of the Transformer's movies probably went simply because she is featured in it. Filmmakers know this as well; special effects were used in Transformers 2 to make her look especially stunning. In that video, Alex Clegg, producer, is quoted as saying "If she [Megan Fox] doesn't look amazing, this film will fail".
Think about that for a second. Although this movie has been met with mixed reviews, no one can deny its groundbreaking sales. Transformers 2 grossed over $200 million in its first five days. All of this is because of the appearance of an actress that most Americans would kill their best friend to have a night with. What does this say about our culture? That media is judged based on outward appearance rather than content? That consumers have lost the ability to critically judge art? No, this situation demonstrates that America has no taste in women.
After I type "Megan Fox" in Google images, in hopes of being able to understand this nationwide obsession, I am sorely disappointed. Megan Fox is barely average, a nobody rocketed to undeserved fame under the premise of "beauty" and "talent", two things she clearly doesn't have. Why does America love this actress model so much? Because America has lost the ability to assess a woman's beauty based off her eyes, the only thing that really matters. Eyes are really what emanate emotion and passion. To disregard eyes is to nullify the entire judging process. Eyes are as varied as fingerprints. Even if two people have similar eye color, there is still a distinct difference between them. This difference is something that will never happen when you judge based off of any other feature. America, get your priorities straight.
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In English, we recently finished The Great Gatsby (caution, spoilers). It is about this man, named Jay Gatsby, and his tragic quest to win the heart of his past love, Daisy Buchanan. The two of them were acquainted during their younger years back in Louisville, Kentucky, but the relationship had broken off. Daisy now lived in East Egg in New York and Gatsby bought a house right across the bay. He threw many parties in attempts to get her attention. The two of them grew closer towards the end of the book, but this quickly ended when Daisy carelessly ran over someone as she was driving. The victim's husband, who knew that his wife was in an affair, went into a rampage and decided to kill the driver of the car, convinced that he was her lover. He finds Gatsby and kills him, before killing himself.
After reading some analyzes on this book, I began to see the American Dream aspect of this book. Gatsby spent his life devoted to marrying Daisy, a frivolous girl who didn't have the judgment or the brains to drive safely. This girl was his American Dream, a goal whose accomplishment would leave him eternally satisfied.
It is strange that there exists a person whose ambitions are solely fixated on consummating a relationship. I personally think that marriage simply a trade-off between a questionable illusion of love and freedom. Is it really worth sacrificing your independence for the elusive notion of love? Society has associated marriage with a certain degree of prestige and accomplishment where none exists. Marriage serves the purpose of propagation of the human race and financial security. Any additional perks are short lived and ephemeral, as suggested by the 50% divorce rate.
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Lastly, the Jonas Brothers. I keep seeing this group on my news feed about the membership of the group "I Hate the Jonas Brothers". People need to learn the difference between hating and disliking. Personally, I dislike the the Jonas Brothers because, like Megan Fox, they represent everything wrong about American pop culture. They have entered an exclusive social bracket because of their looks, rather than their artistic talent. I remember asking an avid Jonas Brother fan, "Why do you like the Jonas Brothers?" She answered, "C'mon, have you SEEN them?!?!"
Despite this, it is still irrational to hate the Jonas Brothers whereas it is reasonable to dislike them. In the same sense, it is irrational to love the Jonas Brothers whereas it is reasonable to like them. This is just a trivial case of semantics, but to me it is very significant. I view Jonas Brother haters with as much disdain as I view Jonas Brother lovers.
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Hi Victor!! so i feel as though the megan fox thing you said was very relevant. it's also extremely discouraging to younger girls and i guess girls in general because it's giving us this fake image of what society's telling us to be if we want to be accepted, and it just goes to show that it's only going downhill from there.
ReplyDeletehaha as for the jonas brothers... i can totally imagine katie saying that. (unless it's actually her, then go me!) but yeah, i don't know. i think the jonas brothers are just sad because they used to be a small christian boy band with real christian values, you know? i remember reading an interview done by brio with them (when nick was like... 13 so that was like 4 to 5 years ago) and they seemed like really down to earth genuine kids, but idk, i feel like they're just another product of disney now. it's just sad. hahah, and hating the jonas brothers reminds me of this girl in my multimedia class. she spends the whole class railing on them, it's hilarious.