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[bassexpander]

I'm sitting here watching the 2007 MBC awards on MBC HD.

This past year seems to be a new high for "high noses."

And they're not only higher... they're LONNNNGER!

Men... women... plastic surgery to the point of ludicrosity (is that a word?).

Some of these Koreans look like toucans! This is starting to get out of hand.

[yingwenlaoshi]

MBC awards, eh? Treat yourself right.

[Justin Hale]

Indeed, it's sad. I saw a Korean actress on some drama and - yes - she looked like a toucan!

I've debated plastic surgery many times of course whilst in Korea and one thing someone always, without fail, manages to bring up is how eyelid surgery/nose surgery (the result being more Caucasian features and less East Asian features) is no different to hair dyeing, that critics of Koreans' rampant urge to alter the facial features they were born with draw an imaginary line between that and other supposedly beauty-enhancing things.

The dividing line between dying one�s hair and having eyelid/nose surgery is as imaginary as the divide between a handgun and a hydrogen bomb. The difference is obviously one of degree. Hair coloring is straightforward, inexpensive, safe and requires no real expertise. Eyelid and nose surgery is dangerous, complex and involves people of expertise cutting and inserting foreign bodies into flesh. And it's also permanent.

What this does appear to represent is the europeanization of beauty and status in Korea. High noses are deemed more beautiful than low. Double eyelids are deemed more beautiful than none. Big, round eyes are deemed more beautiful than small, slanted eyes. It's a ludicrous, pitiable aspect to the society and so strange given it's also so xenophobic.

[crazy_arcade]

One question: Who the hell compares plastic surgery to hair dye?

Actually two questions: Who the hell watches the MBC awards?

[Justin Hale]