The NYPost yesterday had a clip saying that MSNBC has assigned a “glam-squad” to remake new talkshow host Rachel Maddow in a more feminine mold.
Maddow already looks way more girly on the TV than she does on the YouTube or in real life. On MSNBC she’s got the smoky eyes and the senator suit markedly lacking a collared shirt underneath. Plus she’s sans super cute Drew Carey glasses. I wonder, how much further could they go? How far will she let them go?
If Rachel’s totally cool with the makeover, then this point is moot and I take it all back. She has said that without makeup on TV she felt like Nixon debating Kennedy. But I suspect otherwise, mostly because I like to project my own emotions onto those in the public eye. But why can’t MSNBC just let her be the un-made-up nerdy-looking lesbian with the cute haircut and the boys’ clothes? Um, that look’s the bomb. And wouldn’t someone looking different than all the other newspeople like, draw viewers? I guess if you want to be on the TV, these are the concessions you make. As Maddow herself said, “It is very easy to get homogenized by the TV machine and come out like sausage.”
