All Stars are Beautiful, Even that One!

The old saying, “beauty is in the eyes of the beholder,” needs a fundamental update. The new version should be “beauty is on the pages of the mediator.” Not very beautiful people, even ugly people, it does not really matter, can considered beautiful after a couple magazine covers or movies. In North America, the best example is, of course, Paris Hilton. In the films I have seen the last few days, the Korean megastar Bae Yong-Jun is also presented as a fine example. The film itself is well made but ultimately forgettable, so is his star. He is not bad looking guy but he will not stand out in a picture of 100 randomly chosen Korean men. Because he was in a few widely popular soap dramas on TV, he is a megastar in East Asia. Hundreds of middle-aged Asian women lined around the block three times yesterday waiting to see Bae in the film. It was quite a sight.