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I recently watched a video<\/a> on youtube in which actor Brad Dourif talks about his hair transplant.<\/p>\n

There are several uncomplimentary, undignified cuts to a closeup of his hairline during the interview.\u00a0 The piece was obviously concocted as an advertisement for the doctor or clinic which performed the procedure.<\/p>\n

I have mixed feelings about cosmetic surgery. On the one hand, I think it is pure vanity. Ideally, it would be better for us to accept the indignities and problems of old age, as these make us more human and, to use a clich\u00e9, “build character.”\u00a0 On the other hand, even at age 44, I can see how frail our egos are and how hard it can be to deal with the realities of aging.<\/p>\n

As I watched the video, I felt bad.\u00a0 I like Brad Dourif.\u00a0 I admire him.\u00a0 He is a talented actor and an intelligent man.\u00a0 While his performances can be over the top,\u00a0 they can also be sublime.\u00a0 It is too bad that he has been typecast.<\/p>\n

I like him.\u00a0 And it made me a little sad and disappointed to see his reaction to his implant. I would like to think he was above such things, but he is not.<\/p>\n

The video made me ask myself, “Well, who is<\/em>?”<\/p>\n

You can see, if you watch it, that he is happy and proud of his results.\u00a0 He was ashamed of his receding hairline, and now he is not, because it is gone.\u00a0 He repeated lines which I suspect were fed to him by the clinic.\u00a0 He claims that he thinks he is getting more roles and that appearance is important for an actor.\u00a0 I am sure those considerations are true, but those reasons, I think, serve to hide the real reason he had the procedure: ego and vanity.<\/p>\n

I think I am too idealistic, and in being too idealistic I am judgmental.\u00a0 They are both bad things.<\/p>\n

So, we are human.\u00a0 Because we are human we are imperfect.\u00a0 We are vain.\u00a0 We have fragile egos.\u00a0 We care more about superficial things in daily life than the deeper values which should really matter.\u00a0 We take action to improve our appearances, while we do little to fundamentally improve ourselves and our world.\u00a0 Trivialities preoccupy us.<\/p>\n

So, that is the way it is.\u00a0 Perhaps it is a mistake to think by having one we deny ourselves the other.\u00a0 Perhaps it is possible to be flawed and noble at the same time? Perhaps a preoccupation with our petty human flaws (ego, vanity, jealousy, gossip, etc.) is just as bad as (or maybe worse than) a preoccupation with our appearance?<\/p>\n

I guess I never considered it that way, but it’s true.\u00a0 I think being too idealistic is a way of being petty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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