Media Media

I sorta agree with people who say the media idealizes people. or something. Anyway, I’m talking about the mass placement of beautiful, decorated, and seemingly smart and confident people everywhere in the media. It’s true. obviously not everyone looks as perfect as the majority of the people saturating the media, but something about what the cameras and lighting and make up do for the scene just makes the media world seem so idealistic. This supposed ideal atmosphere gives people the illusion that this type of atmosphere really exists and these people are really as smart, classy, and natrual as they seem. I feel like if you saw someone all dolled up in make up and flashy clothes on the street and laughed to yourself ever, it wouldn’t be that different from what you’d see on the set of a photoshoot or movie.

It goes for the plots and events in movies and songs too.  characters interactions are written so elegantly, and of course dramatically, and i think people are led to believe their life reflects that. People get into an argument and suddenly they are somehow led to believe they’re fighting some epic battle, with lives at stake, with tears and rage in everyones face, and cameras spotting those tears and rage. I think i’ve touched on this topic before, but it relates here as well

my new thought has to do with this as well, just with the actual people. let me make a diagram

1. media makes people seem smarter, more attractive, classier, frankly, less of a person. not so much in that it takes a regular person and makes them seem like more of any of those things (although it certainly does that too), but more in that it makes the world seem like it has more of these people, when in reality dumb, unattractive, not so classy people are at every turn. sure high-end people like that are around, but not as commonly as the media makes it seem

2 this leads to people having false images of the world. I feel like making the decorated people seem so far above real people makes people strive for achieving likeness with them. be it the fan that worships their idol as a god, the guy who isn’t satisfied without a supermodel girlfriend, or someone feeling embarassed by being associated with real people, which to them seem inferior.

In the end it just seems like the people in the media have no flaws or quirks. In reality they do, (unless i’m proven wrong by a flawless person, in which case i’ll let you know :p)  The flaws and quirks are what make them human though. Media can transform people into inhuman, robotic tools.

Don’t i sound like an old geezer?

that is all, good day