I was looking forward to watching Jessica Simpson's new show because the concept is brilliant. She goes traveling throughout the world to investigate what makes women "beautiful" in other cultures. As a traveler, I have seen firsthand the outright differences between our culture and others. Its fascinating, really. So I was really excited...
I don't DISLIKE Jessica. The girl is gorgeous but she is not the right personality for the show by any standards. First off, she is walking through a market in Thailand in 4 inch heels. Then she makes a scene in the market over eating a BUG. She chose to, cut down the drama. Then she acts like a tard at the monastery when attempting to meditate with a monk. Even worse, they totally skimmed over the parts of the episode that truly could have been revealing about the perceptions of beauty in Thailand. Some kind of emotion from Jessica or her posse would have been nice as well.
To make it worse...one of the commercials was for her clothing line. Here she is talking about how seeing the lady who had a massive reaction to the skin bleaching products that are unregulated and sold over the counter in the country. Jessica says something about feeling guilty about placing so much emphasis on outward beauty and on and on, yet in the middle of the show shes advertising for the products she designs that feed into the very things she is speaking out against.
Total bummer.
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