Hell, in the romantic European countries men of age (again their 50's and 60's) can be objects of desire and are likely to have a girlfriend or mistress in her twenties who wants the more mature and even somewhat homely man as her lover and protector. It's true. I've seen it on their TV shows and in films. Ever get a close look at the French movie star Jean Paul Belmondo? And this is a guy who lived with Ursula Andress and Laura Antonelli between marriages!
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Can US men make the same claim? Not gonna happen. We here in the land of the Puritan Ethic could be shunned, beaten, arrested or elected to high office for even looking at a twenty year old if that look could be misconstrued as a leer. (Not talking about a Me Too, Harvey or Cosby kind of leer. We are not all like the Aqualung character 'eyeing little girls with bad intent' in the Jethro Tull song.)
Bald and potbellied guys with craggy features hold little, if any, sex appeal to American women. (Unless they married what would eventually become one unbeknownst to them at the time.) Ask most women what they look for in a man and they usually mention the ability to make them laugh. They don't mean at first sight however.
But this post isn't about virile,craggy featured, bald, potbellied men. (Don't hate me just because I'm gorgeous.)
Meg, Michele and Sandra...what in the hell did you do to your faces?!
Meg was America's sweetheart in the 1980's and early 90's. Name a rom-com she didn't star in and bring in big $$$ at the box office. I didn't mind seeing anything she was in because I knew she could cute her way into my heart. "You've Got Mail" is still a favorite. There was no woman on screen in the 1980's and early 90's as lovely as Michele! Her eyes were absolutely mesmerizing and she had a presence on screen that commanded your attention even in films that were not worthy of her. Sandra had her share of big hit movies that ranged from action/thriller to rom-com and we loved her in almost everything.
Michele is no longer recognizable due to what appears to be repeated plastic surgeries. In trying to restore her youth she became a plasticized version of someone who kinda of looks like her, but not really.
Meg is no more. Whomever replaced her with a replicant didn't have a good enough likeness of her to model a viable younger version. She looks like they pulled this and froze that to the point she must have a knot of wrinkles tied off somewhere on the back of her head. Then the collagen lips happened. What is this lip thing?
When we age our lips do thin out. It's a fact. In an attempt to reverse the simplest natural thing, she now looks like she has two Oscar Mayer Little Smokies stuck on her face instead of lips! Where did our sweetheart go?
Just saw Sandra in the new Ocean's movie. She couldn't move her upper lip! Below her nose, just about to the pink, her upper lip appeared to be so Botoxed it was frozen in place. It gave her face that Homer Simpson look. When she spoke it reminded me of the Clutch Cargo cartoons (look it up!) where their faces were cartoon and only some actor's lips moved. It was freaky. Why Sandra? You are still a young woman!
I left out the Dolly Partons and several others for repetition sake but, lord forgive me, they are all hard to look at now. Did they have the mirror from Snow White installed in their homes? It's lying to them same as the one that's in the White House residence next to the rack of Party approved, ultra conservative, solid color, silk, designer ties.
I do realize Botox has it's uses, but I believe without Hollywood as the hypo capitol, the stock prices would crash and stiff upper lips would become kissable again lessening the chance of cracking a loved one's front teeth upon impact.
Look at photos of the following list of European actresses and you will see the thin facial wrinkles and realistic shapes of women who remain sexy, appealing and featured in romantic leading roles though they've crossed the great divide into their 40's and beyond. It is refreshing to see real folks. They can still act and look like real people. Who knew?
Stop the madness! Send the plastic surgeons back to fixing people who were scalded or burned or had surgery or want their boobs reduced or enhanced (breasts are good). I mean there are teenage girls getting plastic surgery for their birthday! What?!
We saw the preview for the unnecessary sequel to MaMa! Mia! One word...Cher. I recognized the voice and she kind of looked like her, but crooked. Please! Stop the madness. If you are 75 be 75. There are others who look the same or worse after being altered, but can't we just allow the skin sag as God intended? It's gravity, man.
To those of you out there in advertising and in the fashion industry...stop the photoshop crap! The cover photo of the model isn't what the photographer saw through the lens. It is the result of a technician sitting at a computer screen somewhere, altering the physical features of the model to suit the client. It isn't reality influencing those little girls who hope to have the "look" and be that girl on the cover one day. There is a YT video showing how the photo of a model is easily manipulated. It's the body image trap being perpetrated and perpetuated on girls and women. Be who you are and find happiness!
IMDB these few actresses. Most are not household names in the US but are well known internationally. If they had cosmetic work done you can't tell. They remain beautiful, talented and are still in demand. We need to change our concept of beauty and hopefully the snip/cut, Botox madness will come to an end.
Sofia Helen (Sweden)
Claudia Michelsen (Germany)
Helen Mirren (England-when in her 50's)
Barbara Terpoorten (Switzerland)
Anna Friel (England)
Lucrezia Lante della Rovere (Italy)
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