After seeing wicked, I was really struck by the idea that so much in that play paralels our own society, for example that what is beautiful is good and what is ugly is bad. but so often the exact opposite is true that many times the "pretties"t people are the meanest, dumbest and most ignorant and the "ugliest" people are usually the most interesting and kind. How often in our society do you think that our bias twords "Ugly" and our attraction twords "Beautiful" has caused us to have a less than honest picture of life? I think of the example of the music industry where if you are beautiful and can't sing, you have a better chance of making it than if you where ugly with a great voice. Do you think we are missing out on a whole dimension of exsistance because we disgard what is unappealing to our eyes?
2006-11-19 09:42:05 · 3 answers · asked by Christchild2006 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes, and you can blame our genetics. Humans have various innate functions that make us disregard or even fight against certain objects of perception. Too name one, it is innate for humans to fear things unclean. Now, this varies from culture to culture (depending on how clean they can be and/or accept) but naturally when you see someone ugly or out of the ordinary, the same function of our brains will react to this type of stimuli! Can you imagine the possibilities then? Humans have expressed in every level of their being how they loathe or hate things of ''disgust'' and the ''unatural'' it is quite morally entwined by now. Some express their thoughts in writing or in movies, or in plays as the one you just saw. Believe me, if you can accept the ''wicked'' witch, oh yeah... you will be enlightened.
2006-11-19 10:37:30 · answer #1 · answered by David M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your example using the music industry really only makes sense today, in the age of video. Remember the first video on MTV? "Video killed the radio star"? It is true. Up until video music, a singer relied on his/her voice. The most unattractive singer could have a huge following because it was the voice that was heard. But since the invention of the music video, it is all about looks, style, wardrobe, and dancing. Acts like Mama Cass or Janis Joplin would never be able to make it today.
2006-11-19 17:51:46 · answer #2 · answered by Arletta S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. It is the same today even in our schools. The pretty *popular* kids are the ones teachers all love, even though they often get bad grades and get in trouble. The unnattractive or not extremely beautiful ones are the ones that are expected to not get into trouble a lot and get good grades, but teachers often tend to disregard this, even though some may not realize they are doing this. And after schooling is over, it just tends to spill over into the *real* world. We base ourselves on our 'rolemodels' and that I guess is what we consider the pretty people. Many people do not tend to look beyond the surface.
2006-11-19 18:33:02 · answer #3 · answered by AuthorGirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋