"America the Beautiful" (2007)From Netflix: "Director Darryl Roberts' provocative documentary examines America's fixation with outward appearance and the unrealistic standards of beauty dictated to the public by the media, pop culture and the fashion industry. Featuring interviews with fashion experts, media personalities and celebrities such as Mena Suvari and Aisha Tyler, the film looks at everything from plastic surgery's growing popularity to widespread concerns about eating disorders."
Insane. Incredible. Eye-opening.
IMPORTANT.
You must watch this. I'm not even joking. It has it's share of things that just make you go "WOW", or make you wonder how such things are allowed for the sake of the beauty industry, but what is REALLY important is for people to see all the complications and consequences of plastic surgery and how much more PREVALENT these consequences are than people would think. So many people my age, and people I personally know, think happiness is as easy as saving up a couple grand and getting yourself "fixed", and it's remarkable how many life-long problems they're allowing themselves to succumb to, and that's IF they make it through the surgery unscathed.
Not preachy whatsoever, definitely something to watch from an educational standpoint. Very happy I watched it, and I hope others will, too.
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