If Hadid is looking nervous that her breasts might pop out, or the slit may suddenly show much more than it should, those nerves must have been compounded by being surrounded by braying photographers trying to capture the dress at its most revealing. Hadid is wearing the hell out of a stunning dress, while also doing all she can to ward off an anatomy-revealing wardrobe malfunction in front of the world’s media. Yet Hadid not only carried the strips of material somehow pinned together off, she commandingly blew to smithereens any other attention paid to the other beautifully attired actors and actresses at the premiere. The large number of pictures of Hadid’s dress adequately reflected our expressions of wonder.
It says something about our culture that even with so many truly significant and seemingly intractable issues afflicting us- homelessness, hunger, global climate change, etc., ad infinitum, ad nauseam- we’re paying attention to an attractive woman in a dress. What that should tell us is that we’re easily distracted from things we should be focusing on by those who profit from said distraction and misdirection. Not that there’s anything wrong with appreciating the beauty of the female form- Lord knows I’ve appreciated a few in my time. I’m just not certain what’s to be gained from paparazzi and the mainstream media fawning over an attractive woman wearing a skimpy dress that amply flatters her…um, assets.
Then again, as long as we’re focusing on Ms. Hadid fetching outfit and her fabulous body, we’re not paying attention to the things that we probably should really be paying attention to, eh?
Panem et circenses….
