They come out with another reality series, "I Want a Famous Face". Weight loss regimens are great. So is a little hair dye, but MTV's new show, which only recently began airing, chronicles the process from start to finish as unsuspecting young adults and teenagers subject themselves to the hands of plastic surgeons who slice up their bodies to resemble their most admired celebrity. Can we say sick? Voyeurs indulge themselves by watching these people painfully endure not-so-glamorous surgeries, cheek and chin implants, butt lifts, rhinoplasty and horrendous healing processes all to look like: JLo or Elvis? Give me a break. Here in America, we have young people trying to commit suicide because they're so displeased with how they look, and MTV takes it one step further by endorsing their right to want to look like someone else. My generation is already in the throes of an extreme identity crisis and this is why. There is a message constantly flashed before us that declares we should not be happy with who God created us to be. Meanwhile, we're fantasizing about looking or being like someone else, failing to realize that "someone" probably is just as insecure if not more so, and doesn't even know their own identity. The lost are chasing after the lost. Poor self-image has been the downfall of humanity. I am so looking forward to the day when people will find their confidence in who they were created to be -- individual. There is a major restoration of identity that needs to come to the pop culture generation. We have too many clones walking around. I fear we're missing out on the gifts and talents of an entire generation because nobody wants to be an original.
posted by ambra at 3/18/2004 11:21:29 AM | link to this entry | |