Perhaps it is. As Luk indicates, we'll have to wait and see. We also must hope, though, for a strong distinction between success or failure associated with physical appearance and success or failure associated more with ability as a show host.
Such distinction may, unfortunately, be hard to come by. Even so, it does seem a no-brainer that the "beautiful people" environment at Fox implied to Van Susteren she needed cosmetic surgery to get in the door and to initially compete. The skepticism expressed to Maggie as to what Fox would prefer also seems to be a no-brainer. If that's a dumb reason, perhaps you'll enlighten me by listing some of the possible sensible reasons. A smarter reason would be to correct a major flaw.
GVS had no major flaw. Neither did Michael Jackson - when he started getting cut on. Unless I'm mistaken that picture was taken before surgery. Nothing wrong around the eyes that I can see. So what was wrong with them? I just love that NAN. Isn't she brilliant? I learn something from her every post. I still think it was her own idea. Let's say you're GVS's boss.
Are you going to stick your neck out and suggest she get plastic surgery when you have no idea what will come of it? All kinds of things could go wrong. On the other hand, it's just the kind of silly thing someone in the entertainment business might well decide to do.
Maggie's story makes sense to me. You're still assuming she did it to be more competitive. I just have a gut feeling she did it out of simple vanity. Who are all these beautiful people you're talking about? Rita Cosby is nice looking. And they have a morning-show girl that's a pretty-face type whom I consider more or less dispensable. Who else? Dear Luk, "Certainly not glamorous" is an understatement, but Greta is an intelligent, articulate woman.
I think she is being "groomed"-an overdue do over-by FOX. My impression is that she never cared about her appearance. TV success seems to require "eye" appeal.
Drudge has more of that old golden age of journalism spirit - "scoop the poop. Nan - You and Walter seem to have the same idea.
I guess we'll never know the truth. You're a beacon of enlightenment, nan. No wonder the TV screens are populated exclusively by bimbos and himbos, when even someone of your towering intellect holds -- and shamelessly announces -- such shallow, trivial, air-headed views.
Me, too. Maybe she had been thinking about having it done, and here she has a month or so for recuperation and decides to go for it. Reminds me of the "Twilight Zone" episode in which the girl goes in for plastic surgery, and it's a failure because she doesn't look like the pig-faced people around her. I know 'em when I see 'em! Now that I try to remember names, the only one that comes to mind is Ashleigh Banfield [what?
Fox now? I do think she is earning her pay, and deserves whatever prize is given to reporters. I'll grant you Patti Anne Browne.
Shepard Smith is okay, but something about him bothers me. I'm not familiar with the others. I've heard of Laurie Dhue; maybe if I saw her picture, I'd agree with you. Linda P. Both beautiful. Well now, Nan I have to put myself in with Greta. Of course, I'm not on TV, so it doesn't matter as much. I don't like the way I've aged, and I always said I'd get my eyes done if they ended up looking the way they do now.
And my family says it's a stupid idea 'though they sometimes tease me about my "slitty" eyes. It's kinda funny: in the 20s and 30s, looks are everything; but in the 50s, they don't matter so much. Or am I deluding myself? Can't think of any other beautiful women, though. Ashleigh Banfield doesn't qualify, IMO. But that Lester Holt is pretty hot. Yes, I like Lester, too. If I could come up with the names of the beautiful women, I bet you'd agree with me, Maggie. I'll take notes tomorrow.
There are two other guys whom I like, as well. He's my hero.. I've always felt that her appearance could be helped if she did something, anything with just her hair. I personally have never liked her because her politics is so obviously opposite of mine.
Once I discovered she was a Scientologist I mentally set her aside for observation. Laurie Dhue is cute, as is Linda Vester. Lauren Green is stunning. The gal in Pakistan, can't think of her name is cute too. Her "new look" is NOT an improvement.
She looks now like she is sitting bare butt on an electrical socket! Not to mention a fashion consultant. So whatever reason she had was probably just as dumb as the reason you dismissed.
I agree she had no major flaw. Her face had what someone else called character. She was what the French call "jolie-laide" -- an ugly beauty. It's not as contradictory as it sounds -- think of Lauren Bacall, for example, whose beauty stood outside conventional norms. It's a concept utterly foreign to TV networks, of course, at least in respect of women: men are held to a quite different standard.
She should have worn her imperfections as a badge of pride. I know I do. That's a big-ass badge, bro -- who helps you carry it? Sorry, couldn't resist that one.
You know, Friday and all I'm seeing a new, gentler, more feminine side to you, Ken. You'll be telling us next what's wrong with her exfoliation routine. I'm very surprised, and also, oddly Dear Luk, I have to revised my "opinion" of Greta somewhat. I caught her in a chatty group of Foxers as I was channel surfing.
Greta was quite vivacious and charming. She made an indirect apologetic remark about her supporting the OJ Defense. Either that or their presenters are being grown in vats. Seriously, I think she reports hanging like a bat and then they just flip the picture. It reminds me of Sylvester Stallone - who has a facial nerve injusry due to a forceps incident at childbirth.
Either that or they hit the nerve too hard with Botox. In the other pic, practically no make-up. So…she wanted to look younger? Can you imagine what she must look like lying down?
But then, as dermatologist Patricia Wexler in New York, famously said: "A scowl is a totally unnecessary expression. Botox is about to be approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for cosmetic use, which will allow its maker, Allergan of California, to launch a multimillion dollar advertising campaign for the first time. This will give a boost to the production of Botox.
Like Viagra it is manufactured in the Republic - Allergan has a Botox plant in Westport, Co Mayo - making Ireland the unlikely champion of America's 30 million sagging baby-boomers. The vanity craze could also give a lift to Elan, the battered Irish pharmaceutical company, which is marketing a different form of the toxin called Myobloc.
Myobloc works within hours rather than the several days that Botox needs, though it may not last as long. One down side of Botox is that the injections have to be repeated every three to four months, at a cost of several hundred dollars. If neglected, that newly acquired, baby-faced, partner might suddenly turn into a crinkly Dorian Gray.
I asked Dr Arnold Klein, a consultant to Allergan who travels the world promoting Botox, about the stories of people ending up with catatonic expressions, or as Robert Redford said, looking "body-snatched". Speaking from Beverly Hills, where his clients are largely actors and actresses, Dr Klein said he could recognise patients with cheap treatment, as their eye lids drooped or they could not frown.
They have over-injected in their forehead and they can't elevate their brows at all. Whether it is done for good reasons or bad, plastic surgery plays into the entertainment values and emphasis on looks that have infiltrated the most strict and serious levels of TV journalism, said former network reporter Cynthia Kennard, who is now an assistant professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication.
In the new era of high-definition TV that shows all, surgery may become more commonplace. And now that the Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve Botox for cosmetic uses, more frozen faces may appear on TV as traditional cosmetics fail to rise to the challenge.
Botox is a toxin that, when injected into the skin, temporarily paralyzes some facial muscles, thus reducing the appearance of wrinkles.
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