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As
expected, much was made out of the whole thong thing, although that scene's
audio came through so badly it ended up getting subtitled, and like
any foreign language film, subtitled badly. How could doublet
have been heard as belt loop ? Definitely abbreviates an outfit,
no? However, extensive humiliation didn't quite happen in video,
and clearly the crowd got a kick out of it, so all's well that ends well.
Except of course, that it didn't end there, since the four of us got
dragged up on stage. Nothing there was surprising until Barbie decides
to make an appeal to the audience not to waste their time putting together
people would obviously couldn't possibly have a good time together.
Now, we can't be sure what she intended, but I certainly know how
some people in the audience took it:
- Since it's pretty much impossible to guess chemistry by the surface,
- for example, I've had a great time and great chemistry with women
who looked like they were cut from Barbie's cloth, except with more
finesse - she's clearly advocating something most already know is
nearly impossible.
- Since she thinks it's easy, perhaps she's one of those
who does judge people by surface.
- Since her initial reaction to everyone, as recorded, was positive,
and completely at odds with her plea, she's either as bad as
everybody else is at making surface judgements - but has never
noticed, or she's a total dissembler when it comes to trying to look
good on film, or her judgements are just so ephemeral and meaningless
she doesn't remember them later.
- Since this particular
date was orchestrated
quite differently from the last one at the Alamo, perhaps it just
hasn't occurred to her that the environment could be as much or more
to blame as any alleged aspect of chemistry.
- Maybe she just doesn't like old guys :-)
Pretty ironic when virtually everyone around (mostly women in this
case) reacts to such a plea by thinking Barbie was the one who didn't
fit. Especially having just seen Cassidy going out of her way to
chitchat with and wave at the friends of the one Barbie probably
objected to. Or did she object to Champe, who briefly freaked at one
point and was the only one who had dressed as a stereotype from the
outset? Yet Champe's conversations with me and Cassidy wandered
through detailed areas he's definitely interested in, where his
conversation with Barbie, at least according to the video, amounted to
whether she could play a role as a pole dancer, or wanted to bare
her breasts to everyone in a hottub. Did she feel objectified?
Given the choice between a sweet, personable, petite, intelligent
brunette with a cute figure (スマート is probably even more
accurate, for you nipponophiles) and gorgeous eyes, versus a
clueless, somewhat heavy blonde with a breast hangup and a professed
reliance on alcohol to be interesting, it's pretty easy to guess that
the only one likely to befriend Barbie is Cassidy, who can probably
find the good in Barbie that Barbie herself seems to be going out of
her way to keep the guys, and the audience, from seeing.
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