MJ blog: Obsession with tv star's bodies

In my previous post I discussed the obsession with body images in magazines and in movies. This blog will be about TV. TV is one of the most popular mediums we have. Many great shows have aired in our living rooms throughout the years that have created many stars such as Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney, Will Smith, Dick Van Dyke, Lucille Ball and many others. TV will continue to produce stars out of the shows, but they might look a little different. In the past stars like Mary Tyler Moore lit up the TV screen. She was beautiful, tall, and successful. All these are great qualities, but TV viewers were obsessed with her long dark hair, petite body, and perfect smile. During the 1970s The Mary Tyler Moore Show was one of the most popular shows on the air. Many women all over the country wanted her body and perfect smile. You could go to the supermarket, work, or go outside to garden without seeing women with her hairstyle. The show was shot in black in white so viewers couldn't see any of her flaws (if she had any). In the 1990s Friends was a mega hit. The most popular character on the show was Rachael played by now famous actress Jennifer Aniston. Aniston was beautiful like Moore. She had the perfect face, a petite body, and the most popular hair TV had seen in years. Millions of people all over the world were obsessed with her hairstyle that it got its own name. "The Rachael" as it was called had women all over the country racing to salons to look like her. Although she was perfect in the viewers eyes Aniston struggled with issues about her nose. It was reported that she hated it and had a nose job. During the 1990s a few young women in New York City went to a plastic surgeon to get her nose. This is just another example of how viewers are obsessed over celebrities bodies and try any any and everything to look like them. Curently TV shows are now being shot in HD and the famous celebrities are afraid of this. Not afraid that they will look fat or anytihng, but afraid of how they will look on camera. With HD cameras the small imperfections are displayed. Pimples that may have been covered up before through the help of make-up on stars like Jennifer Aniston and Mary Tyler Moore might not be so easy to hide on actresses like Eva Longoria or Tina Fey. This has led to many stars such as Patricia Heaton of Everbody Loves Raymond to get botox injections to get rid of the wrinkles in their faces that these new cameras would highlight. Now the whole world is crazy about the botox trend. Women and men as young as late teens are getting the injections to get rid of wrinkles before big events such as prom, school pictures or pageants. This trend is one example of how we are obsessed with looking perfect and being perfect. These stars are not perfect, but are in the eyes of the viewers so they do everything to be like them included shooting poison in their faces. Feel free to respond to this post. -Marcus Jones