Plastic Surgery on Air IV
MTV’s ” I Want a Famous Face”
MTV I Want a Famous Face returns to follow the transformations of twelve young people who have chosen to use plastic surgery to look like their celebrity idols. Whether it’s a Pamela Anderson wanna-be or a Janet Jackson hopeful, their goals are not just to look differently, but to look exactly like their favorite stars. The series reveals that many of the subject’s are pleased with the outcome of their surgeries, while others provide a more cautionary tale—with some encountering disastrous results.
In the MTV show, a pair of Twins suddenly looked like a pair of Brad Pitts, one man was turned in Jennifer Lopez, completed with breasts, other participants were transformed into Elvis Presley, Kate Winslet, Pamela Anderson and Britney Spears. However, MTV didn’t sponsor the required operations.
This programmes was slotted exclusively to be aired after 11pm, due to the fact that young viewers are at a crucial stage of developing their own identity. These programmes suggest that appearance can furthermore be manipulated at will.
Matt and Mike want to look like the famous and handsome actor, Brad Pitt.
Mike and Matt now. Regained confidence and nice smile, clean face.
Jessica feels like a woman trapped in a man’s body
Jessica now!
Photo by MTV
Info from < http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/i_want_a_famous_face-2/series.jhtml#bio> and “ Aesthetic Surgery by Ed. Angelika Taschien”
My thoughts: While we watched the celebrities on screen, we sometimes can’t help but dream or desire to be like them. But dreaming is fine, who doesn’t? However, becoming like them not just through change in style or dressing but under knives makes these dreams turn into realistic and horrifying nightmares where the idea of replicating someone else’s identity and look onto oneself blurs individual uniqueness.
