On makeup and beauty pagents
Apr. 14th, 2005 07:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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I have no opinion on beauty pagents for children. My gut feeling is that if the parents aren't forcing the kid into it, or sacrificing their education/friends/family for it, there's no problem. But I'm open to discussion.
However, if you're going to complain, please stop complaining about the makeup. Yes, I *know* that when you see a little girl with that much makeup on, you think it looks like they're forcing the kid to grow up. Yes, I know you associate that sort of makeup with prostitution and sex and what else. But you're seeing a kid with natural lighting, close up. You're not seeing that same kid when they're up on stage and you're in the audience. The sort of makeup that looks overdone in real life is barely visible when you get up on stage - and it's just enough to make you noticeable to the people in the back row. For real life, it's a lot of makeup. For stage? It's nothing. Once you're under those lights, it all fades away. No, really. Find something else to complain about.
However, if you're going to complain, please stop complaining about the makeup. Yes, I *know* that when you see a little girl with that much makeup on, you think it looks like they're forcing the kid to grow up. Yes, I know you associate that sort of makeup with prostitution and sex and what else. But you're seeing a kid with natural lighting, close up. You're not seeing that same kid when they're up on stage and you're in the audience. The sort of makeup that looks overdone in real life is barely visible when you get up on stage - and it's just enough to make you noticeable to the people in the back row. For real life, it's a lot of makeup. For stage? It's nothing. Once you're under those lights, it all fades away. No, really. Find something else to complain about.
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Date: 2005-04-15 01:30 am (UTC)I was a drama kid. I did drama festivals annually and dragged my parents along to them. They sat in the back, clapped at my performance and then in the car on the way back told me I was the best, in their humble opinion.
Then, and even more so now, I hate drama mums, and their brattish kids. I hated seeing people take the damn thing so seriously. Especially as they usually weren't the best or the most talented.
I saw similar things with equestrianism (don't forget I'm a Home Counties Englishwoman, not a Rural USian, so the horsey culture is different.) I just wanted to ride the horse, and get messy. They wanted to be the best at it. It irritated me.
From what I've seen, the child pageant culture seems to take this even further.