True Beauty
Society views 10 selected people as beautiful. Ashton Kutcher, another so-called beautiful person, creates a show that will explore the intangible qualities of the participants. Will he find them or will he be disappointed?
The exterior, cosmetic attraction of the players is unmistakable. The men are all ripped Adonises who are basically torn from a Gillette commercial or something and the women are stacked to the frickin rafters with legs that go on for days. The point of the show is to find great qualities that aren’t easily seen, the ones that come from your treatment of others.
I totally understand the concept. The stereotype of “the pretty people” is that they are self-centered, narcissistic, ego-maniacs and Ashton Kutcher, being one of those “pretty people” might be trying to use the medium of television to attempt a social experiment to hopefully de-bunk that stereotype. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that he’s actually trying to get people to take HIM seriously as a smart person.
I don’t normally watch reality shows. Since True Beauty is on after Scrubs added to the fact that I don’t have cable and I love big knockers, I decided to watch the show. After about 15 minutes, I wanted to punch someone in the face. The Laura chick needs a kick to the skull like a diabetes victim needs insulin. The rest were pretty predictable because of the previously held stereotype of “pretty people”.
The grand prize at the end of the run of this “contest” is $100,000 and a spot on People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People List. Just think about this for a second. They are gonna give a person, who basically has had everything handed to them from about middle school on, 100 G’s, a spot in a very popular magazine, and let’s not forget 15 minutes of fame for not being a complete asshole for 2-3 weeks. I emphasize complete because most of the people on the show are a-holes the entire run of the show, but the winner gets the prize because they weren’t a complete a-hole. I’d stop being a complete a-hole for a couple weeks for 100 grand the candy bar let alone the money, just as long as I can still be kind of an a-hole. It’s my favorite. 
If the winner improves 100% in the areas of empathy, maturity, self-awareness, it would be a significant difference for them, because 4 is more than 3 on a scale of 1 to 100.
For this reason, I don’t believe that anybody is really trying to get these people to do good for their fellow man. The producers aren’t looking to make someone do a 180 turn and show empathy for the first time in their lives. This is just another reality show where we make fun of people that we can feel good about “being better than” and stand on our “pedestals” and look down on these “awful” people.
I’m just so glad that a person, who would never take the time of day to talk to me, might now think about it before scoffing and turning their nose up at me before not talking to me. And has $100,000 because they thought about it.
Tags: abc, ashton kutcher, big knockers, boobs, true beauty
February 10th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
ive watched every episode of this show and they are all shite. the judges are basing “true beauty” on what rich hollywood morons think being nice and real is.
they should have “real” judges who are actually giving them scientific tests that judge their character and morals. not a challenge to see if someone will pick up some litter.
February 11th, 2009 at 7:35 am
I almost watched this show last night after scrubs, but instead changed the channel and watched the Fox 42 news. Yep, you heard me, that’s how much I hate shows I like this. I settled for the horrible news show that is obviously dated to the early 80’s, and hasn’t upgraded any of their producers or equipment in nearly 3 decades. Actually, I’ll be honest with you. As soon as it got to the sports highlights and the dumb-ass-of-a-tool news reporter started trying to be “hip” and “jivey” in his lingo with the Creighton highlights, I had to change the channel. What a bunch of Tards. I like that Taylor guy or whatever his name is, but I wish he would transfer to another channel because he’s a big tallent. He needs to do what Travis Justice did and get the frick out! From there I switched it over to ESPN and watched the last 4 minutes of an amazing game. After that game Sportscenter came on and Scott Van Pelt told the grievance story of a pro dirt bike racer that died yesterday trying a backflip on a dirt bike. Well duh, who didn’t see that coming? Anyways, I hate reality TV. It is ruining mankind.
February 15th, 2009 at 7:40 pm
that’s funny, i figure you’d be all over a show with chicks with big boobs, rief.
March 24th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Wow. This is really well written. You got some skilz bra, very funny. I’m gonna have to RSS this mo-fo from now on.