That's Cinderella?

[mbarker]

I saw a preview -- an ad for an upcoming show -- on Japanese TV today. Apparently they're going to have a young starlet drop in on a teenage girl, look through her wardrobe, and then take her out and buy her a new outfit. Cinderella . . . the consumer version?

What bothered me was that the girl on the ad seemed to be reasonably nicely dressed, her wardrobe didn't seem that bad, and the glimpse of the "after" outfit -- I guess ragged and oversize is stylish? I mean, I think she looked better before :-)

I wonder if she gets to drop a slipper somewhere for "Prince Charming" to try to find her, too.

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[dialyn.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that will be transported to the U.S. soon. The emphasis on appearance over substance is alive and well here, and apparently we have an unending appetite for making people over instead of celebrating their individuality.

One Japanese television transport I really don't understand. It is called "Hole in a Wall" here, where people twist themselves into shapes in order to fit themselves through a moving wall or they end up dumped in water. I can see how that might be fun a time or two to watch, but an entire series based on this idea? I realize not all games have to be intellectual, but this one is just as bad as the completely obnoxious show here where people run over rubber obstacles that bounce them into mud pits. I don't understand the point of that one either.

Maybe there is no point. People like money and like to see other people look foolish. One shouldn't over think such things.