Date: 2004-04-28 11:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stakebait.livejournal.com
*nods* I have. I didn't get it. She didn't seem unsuccessful before, and she doesn't seem appreciably less tacky or scary now. I worry about Anna Nicole because she had that deer in the headlights quality. I was never sure she really understood, and consented to, the ways she was being used and mocked. But dieting is not likely to fix that.

Date: 2004-04-28 12:04 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] batyatoon
It's just that she seems to be a perfect example of the point the article was making about how in America it's not okay to despise someone for being lower-class, but it's okay to despise someone for being overweight.

The "before" shot of Anna Nicole does, indeed, look tacky. But it's the clothes and the heavy studded belt and the pose, not the poundage she's carrying. And the overall impression is, if you'll pardon the term and its implications, Trailer Trash.
While the "after" shot has her wearing something sleek and designer-looking, and more subtle makeup, and her hair up artfully, and so forth -- and the overall impression is, well, Expensive.

And I don't know how many viewers of these two pictures would stop to consider how many different changes have been made to this woman's appearance between "before" and "after," and how only one of them is her weight.

Date: 2004-04-28 12:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stakebait.livejournal.com
Excellent point! I did notice the changes, but I didn't connect them to class markers until you explained it. Of course!

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