After the previously non-famous Radar Magazine accused Vanity Fair of issuing a paler-skinned, already fair beauty, Beyoncé Knowles for its cover feature, there was much ado from celebrities. Not all of them were against the abundant “art” of photo retouching in the magazine business, but Eric McCormack gave an intelligent lecture (and a great quote) opposing the procedure:
“I think it’s wrong. I think it’s immoral and insane. I think our society and this town is going out of its mind. The cover of the Star magazine is [Jessica] Simpson and her husband and their sham marriage, enough! People, it’s enough! I want to scream at the magazines, but the people are buying them. People, read a book. Read a book.”
Should we feel guilty for writing this “tabloid” blog? Maybe I should write a book! Give me a book deal. Yes.
To be serious, on the picture in question (here: above & right), there are spots on her skin highlighted by light; natural, bulb, or even enhanced, it doesn’t matter; it’s meant to be the light hitting her. There are even darker, in comparison to the amount of lightness, deep brown and black areas on her body. Those are not her natural colors, either, but it is the natural shade. What’s insane here is the scandal and attention caught on this particular instance of this issue, which is large, itself, but not in this one case.
October 23rd, 2005 at 4:38 pm
Eric McCormack is so classy, and soooo right. Though I know, I write for this blog…and here I am telling people to stop reading all the celeb tabloid crap. But seriously folks….sometimes, you have to step back, stop buying into all the lies…and read a BOOK. A Classic. Like Hemingway or Faulkner. Drop the PEOPLE for a day. You will find yourself lighter and more free. Books are your FRIENDS. LOVE them.