As January ends, it’s occurred to me that I haven’t posted anything about makeovers. And since January is National Makeover Month (in the US media), it’s possible that I have been neglecting my duties here at Wild Beauty. But since we’ve had almost a month to see which New Year’s makeovers/cleanses/tips/resolutions worked and which didn’t, maybe now’s a good time to reflect on the process.
Creating a new self, even cosmetically, is quite an undertaking. How far will you …
Every makeover holds some small promise of a new life – as we try a new hairstyle or outfit we might hope for renewed attention from outside ourselves – or we might feel bolder while going after our own desires. But is it possible to take the makeover too far? What happens when we change so much our old lives don’t make sense anymore?
My Fair Lady, the delightful movie musical adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s hit play …
Makeovers are so often dismissed as superficial – nothing more than a quick romp through some stores and a beauty salon. But quite often when we get a makeover, we’re hoping that the change on the outside somehow reflects an inner brilliance we feel, and want to express.
Nowhere in the movies is this wish more fulfilled than in the classic 1942 film, Now, Voyager. The makeover here is so much more than a jaunty interlude of spas …
Makeovers in the movies are so often about brightening up the place: prettifying a nerdy girl, replacing a boring wardrobe – even spicing up a lifeless movie plot.
But the makeover takes a darker, more sinister turn in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. Here, the makeover is weaponized – looks are fuel for the war between the sexes, psychosexual redemption, and even murder.
The bulk of the movie shows us San Francisco detective John “Scotty” Ferguson’s attempt to decipher
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There’s nothing like the vicarious thrill we get when we see a makeover in a movie. In the blink of an eye, a made-over character reveals a transformation that would take months, even years, in real life – and we thrill at the possibility of such dramatic changes in our own lives.
The first movie in this series of reader-suggested makeovers is Grease, a favorite for its 1950′s nostalgia, its song and dance numbers, and especially, its makeover …
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