Tales of the Talking Tiger

This is the last time I will mention Angelina Jolie on my blog. Twice in two posts is totally unnecessary I know. However, the first mention was only in passing (she’s married to Brad) and this second mention has a strong link to my second post – Define: beauty.You might remember in that post I questioned what beauty is, and if there is a generic definition of beauty that most people unconsciously subscribe to. News just in has revealed that there is, and the modern definition of beauty is Angelina Jolie – read full article.

In the Sydney Morning Herald article I read that according to a leading Hollywood surgeon “Angelina Jolie is the gold standard of beauty among women seeking cosmetic surgery”. According to this surgeon Jolie “has the most requested look – exaggerated, almost cartoonish lips, eyes and cheek bones”.

Professor Jane Ussher from Sydney entered the conversation in an attempt to introduce some common sense, explaining that Jolie is “arguably a human representation of a cartoon character, similar to those Bratz dolls, and virtually no-one looks like that. If you buy into the idea that that (look) is perfect then you’ll never feel good about yourself because you’ll never attain it.”

I think it’s amazing that so many people are unsatisfied with the way that they look, and so eager to look like someone else. This reminds me of an advertisement I saw on tv the other day for an anti-wrinkle cream. At the end of the commercial the model remarked “my wrinkles are filled, my life is too.”

If the surgeon and commercial are anything to go by, the key to satisfaction and fulfillment are looking like Angelina and using the right wrinkle cream. Thankfully, I know better.

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