Hi-Def Makeup

I was staying at the McMenamins Grand Lodge for a speech tournament over the weekend. When I woke up in the morning, I found a complementary copy of The Oregonian outside my door. I sat down and read it, because I had some time before I had to leave. In the Living section there was an article on Hi-Def Makeup. Come 2009, all television stations will be broadcast in High Definition. This article was about KGW, who will be switching soon. The makeup that they currently use, which is heavy stage makeup, will make the anchors look clown-like. So, they must use a special liquid makeup that will cover flaws. Because with hi-def TV, you will be able to see every little wrinkle, every crow's foot, every laugh line, because the resolution will be five times as sharp. I hate to talk about De Zengotita, seeing as I am no fan, but this seems to me to fall under one of his definitions of different realities. Seeing as there are quite a few of them, and all are very similar, I will not attempt to decide which this example would fall under. But there seems to be something inherently wrong with covering up all these things for the audience. Doesn't this send out image problems to everyone? How would like if you had to stare at a flawless face for 30 minutes? You'd be jealous and you know it. It's society's obsession with age, and it's back with a high tech vengeance.