...in terms of what the general populace accepts as normal.

Fellow-EDers, do you recall when these images were the eptiome of the ourtre?

[variety.com]

and

[images.7news.com.au]

I can easily find people like the former, ewveryday, no problem, common as 10 penny nails.

And the guy who reads the evening news on TV looks a lot like the latter.

--Sawfish

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Sawfish, I hope that any responses to your original posting can keep in mind that it refers to what is regarded now as normal. I was tempted to reply with something about parades celebrating sadomasochism (men holding leashes on other men who wear dog masks, etc.). But this must still seem unusual and provocative in nearly any municipality. To be sure, the effort is probably intended to normalize such bizarre behavior and, more basically, to cast off the sense of shame that might make some practitioners afraid of being known for such stuff. However, I suspect a big component involved is also the seeking of sensations that would actually be diminished or lost if such appearance and behavior really did become ordinary.

So, sticking to your original post, what comes to mind is the wearing of tight, revealing clothes by morbidly obese people. Another example is the deliberate styling of dyed hair with a different (not even necessarily true) hair color showing at the roots. A third example is ordinary people getting tattoos, for example fat men having tattoos on their calves.

A question for discussion, perhaps: Can anyone identify a fashion of clothing or cosmetics, etc., of the past couple of decades that actually seems to enhance beauty? I'm not talking about something that's startling, saucy, whatever, but that really does seem to promote what you regard as beauty.



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When we first get to see Robert De Niro’s character in Cape Fear (1991), we get a lingering close-up of his tattoos.

Back in ’91, I remember thinking: “Wow that guy has a lot of tattoos! Scary psycho!”

The last time I watched it, a few months ago, my response was: “Wow, so few tattoos! Scary psycho!”

It’s funny how eager people are to spend good money on looking just like my high-school social studies exercise book, i.e. covered in doodles.

Avoosl Wuthoqquan Wrote:
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> When we first get to see Robert De Niro’s
> character in Cape Fear (1991), we get a lingering
> close-up of his tattoos.
>
> Back in ’91, I remember thinking: “Wow that
> guy has a lot of tattoos! Scary psycho!”
>
> The last time I watched it, a few months ago, my
> response was: “Wow, so few tattoos! Scary
> psycho!”
>
> It’s funny how eager people are to spend good
> money on looking just like my high-school social
> studies exercise book, i.e. covered in doodles.

Hah!

Good one!

--Sawfish

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Avoosl Wuthoqquan Wrote:

> It’s funny how eager people are to spend good
> money on looking just like my high-school social
> studies exercise book, i.e. covered in doodles.

;) Another zinger!