THE EVIL OF PHOTOSHOP
These days, everyone can be gorgeous and beautiful. Everyone can now have perfect face, svelte, fat-free figure, tantalizing, eyebag-free eyes, gorgeous smooth hair and flawless, glowing skin and underarms that are as shiny as the sun without going to the doctor or buying those expensive beauty products.
Yes, everyone can be a goddess or godlike when it comes to their appearance. At least, on the pages of those glossy magazines and on billboards and calendars.
Photoshop is the word.
A friend of mine, Dingdong (not his real name) used to regularly buy FHM magazines and the likes but when he noticed that the models’ photos were starting to be heavily doctored and photoshopped (to the point that the models looked deformed and their bodies not proportionate), he stopped buying it. “Fantasizing to a doctored photo is downright cheap and degrading,” my principled friend declared. “They’re giving us fake photos, we might as well pay them fake money.” My friend did just that but was promptly arrested by the bookstore’s security guard. I helped him put up his bail.
Almost every magazine is guilty of it now, digitally enhancing the features of their models. Even Madam Auring or Pokwang can now grace the pages of these magazines and appear salacious and droolworthy. Now, you don’t put salacious and drool-worthy and Madam Auring in one sentence unless it is truly an emergency. It could signal the end of the world. The last time a writer put Regine Velasquez and genuine body parts in one sentence, Mt. Pinatubo erupted. So photoshoppers, beware. Do not attempt to put someone as tall as Mahal on your magazine’s cover and make her look like a statuesque model. Hitler might rise from his grave and start another holocaust, with photoshoppers as his victims.
What prompted this article? Actually, my friend Dingdong adored Marian Rivera. “Believe me, pre,” he'd always tell me, “Marian owns the most dazzling and the sunshiniest armpits in the world. And they're genuine.” He’d always show me the picture below as a proof. I almost had to cover my eyes while looking at her armpits so I would not go blind.
My friend adored Marian Rivera’s underarms, the reason he was shocked when he saw this Marian Rivera picture a few days ago while he was surfing the internet for some religious articles.
"Oh, my God, h-her a-armpits," Dingdong stammered while looking at the picture. "I-It's not as shiny as the..." He felt dizzy and collapsed before he could finish what he was saying. My friend is now devastated, everyday, he cries, he won’t speak to anyone and refuses to look at anyone's armpits. How could he be so naive, refusing to believe then that photoshop had really conquered everything, including Marian's armpits? He is planning to consult a psychiatrist to help him get back on track.
A doctored photo ruined his life.
I wish him well.
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Kung ako, hayaan mong idepensa ko ang sarili ko. Ang pamagat ng artikulong binasa mo ay "The Evil Of Photoshop" at kung pakakalimiin mo, malalaman mo na iyon ang tinalakay ng artikulo sa paraang pabiro.May nabasa ka ba doon na kinutya si Marian at ang kanyang pamosong kilikili at sinabing karima-rimarim ito? Wala, 'di ba?
Nagkataon lang na isa siya sa mga sangkot sa pangdodoktor at pandaraya ng litrato na lubhang laganap na ngayon kaya siya nabanggit sa artikulo.
Namis-interpret yata ng visitor mo ang pagbibiro mo sa iyong sinulat. Ang totoo, kinokondena mo pa nga ang mga gawaing ito ng mga photoshop na gumagawa ng ganoon as your title clearly stated. Kaya lang avid fan yata talaga itong si anonymous ni Marian kaya naging sobrang sensitive. Ang advise ko lang sa iyo, huwag mong tatanggapin ang hamon sa iyo ni anonymous na i-post mo ang iyong armpit sa internet, baka mawalan ka ng visitor ha-ha-ha!
Parang na-misinterpret nga niya. Pero ok lang, gano'n talaga ang mga tagahanga, handa laging ipagtanggol ang idolo nila.
Muntik ko nang tanggapin 'yong hamon niya, kinunan ko na ng picture'yong armpit ko at inilagay ko na sa PC ko ready for posting, 'buti na lang naglinaw uli ang isip ko. He he.
marian's case is not about the evil of photoshop but rather of deodorant, whether roll on or cream. blame it also to the genes. baka nasa lahi nila talaga na medyo malalaki ang tubo ng balahibo sa kili-kili. mayroon namang nagtitinda ng yakult dito sa amin, ang itim niya at hindi makinis kahit ang mukha pero ang linis ng kili-kili. because i'm so curious, i asked the middle-age woman if she's into armpit waxing and the likes. she said no, sadyang ganyan kalinis 'yan, kaisa-isang ganda point ko.
i am a fan of marian and she's my favorite next to sarah geronimo. kung binata lang ako at magiging syota ko siya, kahit kasinlago ng balbas ng arabo ang buhok niya sa kili-kili i wouldn't care less.
Ala namang problema sa 'kin kahit ano ang hitsura ng armpit ng isang babae as long as she tries her best to keep it clean and presentable. He he. E, kung hindi niya talaga mapaputi, e, ano'ng magagawa natin? Hindi naman puwedeng lihain o katamin niya 'yon. I researched it and I read one armpithologist (a person who studies armpits)who says that 8 out of 10 female armpits are hairy and that armpits that look like the face of a hardcore, bearded terrorist are cute. :)
Nagkaproblema lang ang ilang tao sa armpits ni Marian dahil nga pinalabas ng ilang ads men na perfect at dazzling ang mga ito. False advertisement ang tawag do'n.
Sarah G seems genuinely nice.
Hmmm. Ano kaya hitsura ng armpit niya? He he.
hayaan mo, ikukuwento ko sa 'yo kung ano ang hitsura pag nag-inuman tayo, hehe.
Matagal nang ni-laser dito iyan.
It is permanently eradicated, and the result is a flawless, beautiful, smooth, very clean kili-kili for women.
Models are all doing this and most movie stars in Hollywood, even ordinary ladies who are not celebrities. Many men whose bodies are covered with hair also go for this. Uso kasi ngayon maski sa mga lalaki, na walang buhok sa dibdib. Turn off ang mga kababaihan sa balahibo sa dibdib ng lalaki, kaya uso dito ang magpa-laser ng buhok sa dibdib.
Hala na, iha,,, Marian... magpa-laser ka na agad at wala nang isusulat na artikulo si Ron Mendoza tungkol sa kilikili mo.
Marian, iha, mia...you only need at least 6 sessions to totally kill the hair follicle.
Mag-tourist ka na nga patungong north America dahil afterwards ay hindi mo na kakailanganin ang PHOTOSHOP... kesyo version CS2, CS3 or CS4... magpakaylan man.
More kilikili power to you, Marian.
That's the irony of Marian's armpits. She models for clinics which specialty is hair removal through laser...
I'm finished with Marian's armpits. I'm off to better, more important things... things that are socially relevant...
Like Miriam Santiago's armpits.
Then the clinic must NOT KNOW what it's doing.
Okay, let's hear what Miriam Santiago's kilikili is all about.
Eh sa toto namang retokada ang mga pictures eh! May retokeng minimal and therefore, acceptable. Meron namang retoke na blatant na! Yun ang nakakainis na sagad hanggang buto!
Eh ano kung may stretchmark? Eh ano kung may balat! Eh ano kung may hadhad? Ipakita ang katotohanan!
Puro kasi pantasya! Yan ang sakit ng Pinoy! Naglulunoy sa make-belive! Look at our TV shows na lang... puro pantasyang lintek! Pweh!
Tama ang sabi mo: Why pay good moeny for something that is not real? Tumimo talaga sa kamalayan ko yung mga kataga mong iyon, kaibigan!
Toast!
---SixPistols
[hindi ako si 'anonymous']
Salamat sa pagkakaligaw mo dito sa munti kong blogsite.
Isa ring inis sa pandodoktor sa mga litrato ang nagsabi sa 'kin na mas titillating (no pun intended) daw tingnan ang pictures na talagang realistic, 'yong may kaunting taba, pimples. etc kaysa ro'n sa mga pictures na perfect nga pero alam mo namang peke.