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| Sarah Baker |
The importance, or lack of importance, of feminine pulchritude is a topic the Phantom thinks he has already spent way too much time on--but since he has devoted some space to it and since Maud responded in her customary rapier cut style, it is hard not to say something about the Louis CK episode, airing tonight, about Louie's rejection of a fat woman, as he, a portly man himself, pursues movie star thin beauties.
In the clip the Phantom heard on NPR the woman remarks, "You know I flirt with every guy who comes into this restaurant. And you know what? The really drop dead gorgeous guys, the movie star good looks types, they flirt back. They are confident, loose and easy. It's the fat guys who get uptight, who never flirt back, who would never be seen with me. Those are the guys who don't have the self confidence, who need to be seen with the super models."
Or words to that effect.
And, not having seen the episode, but just having heard the clip, I suspect that observation has cut to the heart of the matter.
Phantom,
ReplyDeleteSo that's it-men avoid women who deviate significantly from the norm because they haven't the courage or self confidence to do otherwise. Makes sense...Have you seen Louis CK before, it's not your typical comedy-it's kind of dark but funny. I hadn't seen it before last night, but had been meaning to since I know several people who are big fans-they were right, it is good...thanks for the suggestion...
Maud
Maud,
ReplyDeleteI have his albums on CD and he is very good. I will now try to dredge up his TV show. It does sound like edgy dark stuff which can make you squirm.
Personally, after being interested in only bright women, during my early 20's I went through a phase of "beautiful" women, in NYC, where there were plenty of those. And yes, there was a certain status in walking into a room with eye candy attached to you, but flashy beauty in a woman is apparently a sort of heroin for the woman--it becomes all she cares about and that can hollow her out as if she had a spider wasp eating her from the inside.
Give me those Catholic school girls who have a lot to rebel against, tart tongues, great powers of observation and withering humor any day.
Phantom