Beauty Vs Beast?

Recently I started to watch a new vampire saga. Personally, I don’t like it. At all. Mainly because of the excess teenage high school drama.  I did a background check and discovered that the season premier had the largest number of viewers in record for a series telecasted on a low budget channel. The ratings were huge. Then I realized what attracted so many people to it. I confess even I, for some time was compelled to go with the horrible plot and lack of story just to watch it.

 It was the cast. The actors in it were beautiful. Perfect in every aspect.  Hair, cloths, body structure, chin alignment to toe placement and everything in between. The men had perfectly toned bodies and the women were equally appealing. And this wasn’t just one or two people in it; this is everyone from the least to the main characters. They were all unrealistically perfect. (Although a bit of perfection in the plot would have done nicely too)

I don’t know what it is with modern cinema but somehow it has been successful in depicting perfect people. Saddening even more is that sometimes people seem to prefer associating or being around or even being that type. How is it that most people believe that perfect appearances matter in life and reality? I don’t. I don’t think that appearances matter in life. (Unless you’re a model or an actor. There by still influencing others to be perfect) 

I understand the aspect of commercial success in the cinema and all that which is fine. But what I don’t understand is why the audience expects their reality to also be structured with perfect people.

People are, by nature imperfect in their looks. One could go to the height of limits to alter their looks to be perfect and appealing to impress everyone. But why do it? Because they expect it. Especially when it comes to relationships. Mostly in romantic ones. Sadly sometimes even among friends and family. (Also remember the fine line between good personal hygiene and the need to look excessively appealing. I’m also not implying that people should live like hobos)

I believe that everyone is beautiful. However insignificant it may seem to that specific individual. Everyone possesses physical beauty in some form. And I think it is wrong to only prefer the company of beautiful people. Physical beauty goes right out the window if it is not accompanied with a beautiful being. That is to say, a beautiful mind. Beautiful in the way the mind thinks and the person behaves with it.  Most of the physically attractive people I know are not decent human beings. Some of them don’t say it out loud but behave in a way as though they think themselves superior to others not due to any other aspect but based on looks only, because for some silly reason they believe they that looks exceed all other traits of humanity. Most of the so called “inferiors” are undoubtedly unhappy.

I personally think that people should appreciate another for what they are as a human being rather than judging and rejecting by looks. If they wish to judge and reject why not judge the unkind, reject the unworthy and be just be happy with it all? 

couldn't have said it better myself, eh there? my tree hugging friends ;)