"So What If I'm Ugly?!"
“Does being ugly mean I have to put up with the jeers of others?”
“A person’s looks don’t matter. Do you know what it means by ‘a man’s looks are derived from his heart’? It means a person whose heart is in the right place will look better and better.”
If you had watched yesterday’s debut episode of A Promise for Tomorrow, you’d have found the above dialogue familiar. That particular scene involved a boy who had undergone muscular reconstruction for cleft lip and was having speech impediment and articulation problems even after the corrective surgery, and a grown-up man (played by Qi Yuwu) who had the similar problems when he was young. Prior to this scene, the poor boy had been nastily teased by his fellow classmates for his ‘odd’ looks and his inability to articulate properly and was later sent out of the classroom by his teacher who thought he had initiated a fight with the same classmates.
“A person’s looks don’t matter. Do you know what it means by ‘a man’s looks are derived from his heart’? It means a person whose heart is in the right place will look better and better.”
If you had watched yesterday’s debut episode of A Promise for Tomorrow, you’d have found the above dialogue familiar. That particular scene involved a boy who had undergone muscular reconstruction for cleft lip and was having speech impediment and articulation problems even after the corrective surgery, and a grown-up man (played by Qi Yuwu) who had the similar problems when he was young. Prior to this scene, the poor boy had been nastily teased by his fellow classmates for his ‘odd’ looks and his inability to articulate properly and was later sent out of the classroom by his teacher who thought he had initiated a fight with the same classmates.
To be honest, I felt so sad for the boy during that particular segment of the show that when I saw the 2 drops of tears on his face, I almost felt like crying. But I told myself, THIS IS REALITY. Our view of ‘good guys’ and ‘evil creeps’ has taken such a stereotypical standpoint that it seems as though all bad chaps must have come from the same mould labelled “UGLY”.
What Qi Yuwu said in the show really struck a chord with me. Indeed, I have to concur that someone whose heart is in the right place will really shine and stand out from others. Unfortunately, it seems that our society is going downhill and has somewhat become ‘shallower’ and I noe in the hearts of many, looks = everything. So this means if you are pretty/handsome, you are more likely to be able to get what you want easily and people will tend to treat you nicer, no matter how crap you are inside.
Using the example of Project Superstar which ended a few months ago, have we not given up on people who can truly sing and perform, for others who looked ‘cute’ or ‘handsome’ but with only mediocre singing skills? Yes, you can argue that we are looking for ‘stars’ so it would only make sense to choose someone who looks extraordinarily dashing and appealing. But does that mean we’ll just have to sacrifice the desirable internal qualities for something so ephemeral and evanescent?
Have we become so superficial in judging people that we forgot what truly will last in a person is his character and moral values and not his looks?
posted by LKY @ 12:05 pm
1 Comments:
I just wanted to say that the fact that Weilian won, shows that there is still hope.
This is particularly why I was, or am, so inspired by Weilian's victory. It not only signified his own victory, but also the victory of society to overcome our bias that only 'normal' can be good. His victory inspires others (me included) to strive and do better, that society will still give everyone a chance.
Or at least tt's just my own interpretation. =p
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