appearance

A week ago I went to see Fantastic 4 with my friends. When I expected this to be another cartoon-turn-moive, I think it is one of a few good ones that come out. One event in the movie especially caught my attention.

For those who have seen the moive, you can probably skip this part; for those who haven't, i shall begin. The big bald guy Ben has a good relation with his wife before going to space for a mission. After the failure to detect a seculiar space storm, everyone's, including Ben's, gene is altered. While one member can bend like a rubber and another one can heat up to Sun's temperature, Ben's face is totally disfigured. He does not look like a human anymore. He looked like that dude from Hulk, escept that he is not that big and not green. While he hopes that his wife will accept his disfigured physicsque, his wife confirms his worst fear, leaving him in disappointment and terror. comic stories always have good ending. eventually, Ben finds a blind woman who can't see him to love him.

While the moive conveys more happiness than sadiness. that particular plot conveys one of the saddest events in life, that people judge others by their appearance. Are people that superficial? When asked, "how would you choose your friend?" many people say, "based on their personality." But am i having some eye problems, or are people hypocritical. Why are pretty people hang out mostly with pretty people? Where are there teen moives based on the idea of a group of less pretty girls against a group of more popular and pretty girls. If people don't like to see that kind of moives, those movies would not have existed in the first place. Moives may not be accurate, but it sometimes reflects stereotypes of the society. American Pie 1-2 reflects the stereotypes that teenages guys yearn for sex and try to be competitive (at the second one, the guys try to compare the amount of times they have sex during first year of college.)

There are also statistics that say that socially agreed pretty/handsome people make more money, and take a look at our presidents. most of our recent presidents have hair and are at least 6 feet tall. our last bald president is Eisenhower, whose presidency was from 1953-61. why? With the advancement of technology, people could actually see the president, via newspaper or TV. they judged the presidents through his appearance and public image. Kennedy, a very "hot" guy; Clinton, another "hot" guy. What have Kennedy done, his presidency was less than 1000 days and he did not improve US-Soviet Relation or US racial begotry. He is famous b/c he died young. Clinton was lucky enough b/c by the time he ran for reelection the economy started booming. they both have good look, and they both did not aciheve anything specific.

we have to think about if appearance is that important. appearance is deceiving, and many of us buy into it. which is a sign of ignorance. I hope one day people don't care about people's appearance when they befriend each other. caring about appearance is just a way of creating begotry and unhappiness