Attractive People are Geeky
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I think we would hire Emma Watson [for filling a software developer position] based on looks alone.— glange on Freenode’s #objectivism.
As I noted elsewhere increasingly most attractive guys and girls are geeky (= "amateur"; doing what they do because they enjoy it) as well as very action heroic and hackery (resourceful, bending the rules, defying their fate).
While there are many big name actors and actresses, and studios will gladly have them star in their films, they will refuse to act (even for obscene amounts of money) in any films whose screenplays were not written by honest, optimistic, and idealistic screenwriters such as me, which are increasingly not written in the draconian format, and increasingly feature crossovers / mashups / real person fiction / parodies of relatively recent franchises. ( Even if they do not have a conscious policy against starring in pessimistic screenplays, they will be so poorly written or depressing or boring, that they will "subconsciously" avoid them. )
Emma Watson being unhirable as an actress in Hollywood started as a snarky youtube comment I wrote, which some people found funny, but which materialised after the film Little Women (2019). Although loved by professional critics, geeky fans like me thought that the 1994 adaptation starring Winona Rider was still pertinent today, and that Watson was underutilised.
She has not accepted a "major motion picture" role since, possibly because she'd rather play at local parody plays, frequent Conventions ("cons"), play in indie films, get paid for modelling, be an activist, acquire new skills, or just relax, than get paid to star in a poorly written and professional (and likely dystopian or pessimistic) Hollywood remake or original film. Lend me Emma Watson and Jennifer Lawrence and I'll return both with Natalie Portman as interest! Whether or not Portman is going to accept being cast as Thor(ah), that will be the last film the territorially-franchised film industry will see of her.
(For reference, see this teaser for "Queen Padmé [Amidala] Tales", and the Queen Padmé [Amidala] Tales fanfic itself, both sporting Portman.)
"When I was your age, @EmmaWatson was called Sarah Bernhardt."
"Dude! How old are you?"
It's funny to think that Em is the canonical "Alpha Female" now, but Bernhardt being the daughter of a (Jewish) prostitute, whose father's identity was unclear, was far more questionable. And where there's a will there's a way.
I also suspect the belief that make-up makes a woman look better is largely a "Stone Soup" effect / placebo effect catalyst for feeling confident, competent, and happy, and being honest and benevolent. This is given most men, who have their share of frustrations with their looks, do not need makeup, and neither do underage girls.
All this has jinxed the reality T.V. show "Beauty and the Geek" and now large budget Hollywood feature films.
I was told that every waitress at a restaurant in LA is a potential Hollywood actress
. But most of the good looking ones are increasingly geeky hackers as well.
Many people will pay to see a film starring well-known and well-regarded actors and actresses which they happen to like, and approve of its trailer, which they can watch on YouTube. But given most of the screenwriters, are now great hackers and geeks, they won't bother writing their screenplays in the Hollywood blessed format and increasingly do parodies, crossovers and RPFs.