So, not to open a can of worms here, but did you notice that the two models used to demonstrate this are average-sized women?
Also--it's at least interesting to note that the public can now get their hands on effects the pros have used for years. I recently stumbled on a "before" and "after" set of Britney Spears magazine shots (though to illustrate what airbrushing can accomplish, not necessarily to demonstrate slimming) and I read a while back that Kate Winslet was furious because a magazine (I think it was Elle) radically altered a cover shot of her to lengthen/slim her torso and legs. The effect seems to be the same as with the HP camera--her hips were stretched into nothingness.
And, on a related sidenote, Keira Knightley was apparently stunned at the most recent round of Pirates posters. I read another article where she said, in reference to the cleavage she was given post-airbrushing, "Those are absolutely not mine."
Yeah, I've seen a lot of that. I have a lot of different views depending on my angle. It is too bad that these celebrity women can't be more positive health/beauty role-models and demonstrate an actual healthy appearance as oppose to an impossible photoshopped one. At the same time, it *is* fantasy. If only it wasn't fantasy that caused eating disorders.
...I would support more reality in the portrayal of women so that those around us wouldn't obsess over the impossible-to-attain fantasy and make our lives difficult in the process.
Ditto the portrayal of men, although I tend to think the "idealized" male (ie. six pack, etc.) is pretty repellant. I know quite a few women who don't, though, and quite a few guys who have suffered self esteem issues because of this.
It would be nice for us to actually merge our reality and our fantasy, I suppose is what I'm saying. I think we're a bit broken otherwise.
I would support more reality in the portrayal of women so that those around us wouldn't obsess over the impossible-to-attain fantasy and make our lives difficult in the process.
I realized wht it is. As a general rule the public just isn't able to separate IC from OOC. Fantasy from Reality. Those pushing the fantasy haven't helped. They have gone out of their way to make it worse. Maybe the media should be forced to put a disclaimer at the beginning of... Everything... like gaming books do.
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Also--it's at least interesting to note that the public can now get their hands on effects the pros have used for years. I recently stumbled on a "before" and "after" set of Britney Spears magazine shots (though to illustrate what airbrushing can accomplish, not necessarily to demonstrate slimming) and I read a while back that Kate Winslet was furious because a magazine (I think it was Elle) radically altered a cover shot of her to lengthen/slim her torso and legs. The effect seems to be the same as with the HP camera--her hips were stretched into nothingness.
And, on a related sidenote, Keira Knightley was apparently stunned at the most recent round of Pirates posters. I read another article where she said, in reference to the cleavage she was given post-airbrushing, "Those are absolutely not mine."
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Ditto the portrayal of men, although I tend to think the "idealized" male (ie. six pack, etc.) is pretty repellant. I know quite a few women who don't, though, and quite a few guys who have suffered self esteem issues because of this.
It would be nice for us to actually merge our reality and our fantasy, I suppose is what I'm saying. I think we're a bit broken otherwise.
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I realized wht it is. As a general rule the public just isn't able to separate IC from OOC. Fantasy from Reality. Those pushing the fantasy haven't helped. They have gone out of their way to make it worse. Maybe the media should be forced to put a disclaimer at the beginning of... Everything... like gaming books do.
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