TITLE: Beauty is in the eye of the casting agent | csmonitor.com AUTHOR: Tavia DATE: 6/24/2008 04:28:00 PM ----- BODY:
Actors were once judged on talent. Today it's all about being 'hot.' This timely article, written by long-time acting coach Anthony Abeson, details the obsession with skin-thin "hotness." He argues that the fixation on looks is damaging to youth, art, and culture, but unfortunately doesn't prescribe a solution. So...how can we create change?

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My reading of this article coincides with an interview I read a few days ago with Megan Fox, the young star of the Transformers movies. This, from WENN's article: And the 21-year-old insists she is working diligently to deliver on director Michael Bay's vision: "His main note to me is just to look hot, so I try my best."

Can she act? Does Fox care that her job is to be objectified?

Beauty is a reflection of one's spirit. Hotness fades...quickly.

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Speaking of beautiful women, I'm looking forward to a 10 days vacation with my family in Idaho, where I can hug my mother, who has been through two kinds of cancer and several serious, prolonged illnesses. My mother radiates joy, playfulness, generosity, wonder and curiosity, and kindness. I've never been a "hot" girl, and I'm okay with that. I'd much rather grow into the kind of deep soul beauty that I see in the face of my mother.

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----- COMMENT: AUTHOR: Blogger JW @ Ferguson Library DATE: June 24, 2008 at 9:15 PM Never?
There was that weekend back in 2006... ----- --------