A Colorado boy goes to Las Vegas and shoots a movie of himself dancing for Maxim model and one of two "Octagon Girls," Arianny Celeste. In front of the Paris Hotel's Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe the 18-year-old boy asks Ms. Celeste to the prom with him. To the probably floored classmates of his, Conner Cordova arrived to his senior prom in a stretch green SUV with Ms. Celeste at his arm.
I am reminded of a film that I have seen when I was younger, or maybe a mix of films. One about a guy who gets an uber hottie to date him, "She's Out of My League." Or the song Ballad of Chasey Lain by The Bloodhound Gang. This Beauty and the Beast thing is all over the media. And I begin to wonder if it's all true. Do men not try as hard to look nice because women are less shallow? And are women attracted to less attractive men because they are "nice" or "funny?" However, what happened on prom night for Conner Corodova is much different than a Beauty and the Beast fad. There is something beautiful about how Arianny Celeste agreed to go to prom with Conner Corodova. Their meeting on Lopez Tonight is an anxious exchange of phrases that is touching in a completely honest way. Both the model and the boy laugh as if they are 14. "I'm an Internet geek too" she says. Sure. But, regardless, Conner's honest naivete is nothing less than cute.
There is nothing more lame than a senior prom unless you make it what it actually should be, a fabulous night in the clouds with a beautiful person who came to you from the ether of the Internet. Apparently, this is what would happen for Conner Corodova. For Arianny Celeste, as well. While going to prom they were raising money for Haiti and Arianny Celeste was able to spread her fan base.
With this fascination with unattainable beauty ideal, I've got the feeling that when things like this happen for real there is a much greater surprise. The video of the prom on the MMA Religion website is a kind of insane video with a lot of posing for paparazzi. Arianny represents this kind of story that we always here about the ugly guys and beautiful girls, and Conner just looks bewildered with everything. Maybe this whole thing is not as good as it looks, maybe going to the prom with a couple of friends, or, worse, someone who didn't have a date can be enough. But I doubt we'll ever see this kind of beauty in our own beastly lives without seeing the awkwardness of having chaperones for the prom- no alcohol, no crazy grinding. And isn't that what prom is all about?
In the end I begin to worry about Conner, what is he expecting in the end? What girls will he date? And how will ever get over the fact that, after those 15 minute (as they say) it may never happen again?
This is an interesting post and your links are good - though I don't get the last one - but I am concerned about your writing. There are a lot of sentences in there that aren't really sentences. Also, the present tense at the beginning seems really awkward.
ReplyDeleteAnd watch out for sentences like this: "With this fascination with unattainable beauty ideal, I've got the feeling that when things like this happen for real there is a much greater surprise". It's tortured. try to figure out what exactly you're trying to say it, and just say it in the cleanest way possible.