Comment on Hugh Jackman as The Wolverine 2000 vs 2024
Hotspur@lemmy.ml 1 month agoUgh so annoying. So like both in movies and body building, what they’re selling is actually not a healthy or strong physique—but someone who could be on the verge of organ failure.
I like the idea of fitness, and being in functionally good shape, so this sort of exaggeration is something I find uniquely distasteful—portraying a a goal state that is actually just a grift/scam, and that is dangerous to partake in.
CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Don’t some European countries have regulations against this kind of thing now? Like being forced to mark images as photoshopped and requiring that models have a certain BMI?
Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
As far as I remember, it is Norway that has a law requiring social media influencers to label their pictures if it has been altered and it’s France that requires models to stay over a certain BMI. I think both laws are good, but the latter one should maybe be adjusted to not strictly look at BMI as it would, for example, impact tall models differently than short ones.
Hotspur@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Yeah I like the spirit, but BMI is such a stupid and flawed measure. It’s ok as like a population level heuristic to say things are trending one way or another, but like athletes that have lots of muscle and are tall look the same as morbidly obese people to BMI, which is obviously silly.
CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I feel like we have ways to use body fat measurements and should just use that instead. I feel like modeling should only be able to use people that represent somewhat realistic body goals though, so I’m actually fine with not allowing the 0.25% most fit people out there to model. If it’s not realistically attainable by the average working person, you shouldn’t be on a billboard.
Petter1@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Jea, BMI is shit, it is hol less diverse