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You are clearly much too intelligent for TV…you …

Comment posted on Fox’s Red Eye Show by artlover

you are clearly much too intelligent for TV…you would be better in film…you do this already of course…short film, like short story is the way to learn the art of writing…and you have improved so much over time…what about puppets? Hmm..I still see you as doing a kids show…actually guys are but big kids you know..and you appeal to younger people too…some innovative puppets would work well, one on each hand having a conversation..you sort of do this already with your evil twin…props are an excellent way to develop a story line…it’s all in the story…now you are the object too much…but with puppets, you can be the host and explore many new worlds…my fav was shari lewis and lamb chops…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb_Chop_(puppet)
you already have this element in your style already…with the animals…so you can talk to the animals and the puppets and the audience alternately…it is really puppet show style, which has element of fantasy, make believe, and you could get into classic genre, like David Bowey..young adults love the imaginary genre film…but create your own worlds..be original…and you can add humor easily as you have a lot of self-tension, i.e., tension with yourself…straight marina vs. funny marina…serious stuff vs. the imaginary fancies/fantasies…reserve vs. love…sexy marina vs the school teacher…my high school French teacher preceded you in this art many years ago, she wore sexy 60’s mini skirts and low cut blouse and would place her face inches from ours as we sat in our desks saying the vowels so we could see her tongue…so wonderful as I remember it!….I still like French better than Spanish…contradictions are important to hold the tension and interest…me ever the art critic..a little bit full of strange ideas…but it really is all in the story telling and the script writing, the intelligent imagination…i am sure your readers/viewers could come up with many stories for you to portray/develop

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Maxim Radio 7th Show
What is the name of the show host…he is such a boob!
Seriously, it is a struggle to listen to the whole thing because he is so asinine.
Let the Cat out of the Bag
ok..its #2 switching the cat for the pig…
in China, only pig and not chicken is considered real meat…no, they would not usually eat the hardworking cow, plus they are too valuable to eat, but pigs are considered lazy, and not so valuable, so OK to eat, unless you are Buddhist of course…and then you would be a strict vegetarian…

Is it not interesting how we denigrate the animals that are our food and elevate those that are our pets?
Maxim Radio 6th Show
Do not like the radio show…the anouncer is totally loud and obnoxious…and he talks too much…could not listen to the whole thing…plus it is just Howard Stern style and content…degrading
Interesting study
People do tend to see tall people and good looking people as more intelligent. The more handsome has an easier time to get a job as people naturally tend to associate one positive characteristic with another. They want to believe that someone they are attracted to is also smart.
Women more than men perhaps may be attracted to someone who is intelligent as there is less stereotyping of the male appearance, a little more leeway for the “ugly” man.

Women are viewed as less intelligent than men as a form of social prejudice, which is part of my field of study: discrimination by race and gender.

A large part of what we see as beautiful is colored by the image of the upper class social group, that which has the economic and social influence, such as the Northern European look, a small straight nose, rather than Asian or African, big eyes, blonde hair etc. This is the look that has been portrayed in Hollywood film and advertising.

Kublai Khan was a one of the first racists and tried to impose such an order on China, with Mongols at the top, then Europeans, then Northern Chinese, then Southern Chinese etc. In such ethnic systems, lighter skin is preferred to darker skin, and this is obviously because many conquerors have a lighter skin historically. It was Europe that colonized the rest of the world. This scheme did not last long in China, although there is still a preferred norm for the northern Beijing beauty.

Part of the cuteness of many Russians is the Asiatic influence, from the time of the Mongol invasion, or before. The Muscovites conquered much of Asia in building the Russian empire, which then became the Soviet Union, and now simply Russia, in a somewhat reduced coalition.

The Russian ruling families also admired French and European culture and elevated education and art to a great level, which is also seen as a differentiation from the peasantry, who were held in serfdom for centuries. So to be educated and cultured, as well as to be well groomed, is to be part of the ruling elite.

Marina is obviously heir to this tradition of intellectual pride and beauty, bearing etc. Thus, it is unlikely that she would favor to adopt the purely American form of “sexual” beauty, which is most often characterized by the oversexed dumb blonde attitude, epitomized by Marylyn Monroe. In this form, the women becomes purely sexual object.

In the American working classes and to an increasing extent in the middle classes, the women have less educational ambition and less self-esteem, and so they are prone to participation in forms of art that can be characterized as porn, which is not so much about how much is exposed as the manner in which the women pander to the male fantasies, even in such foolishness as “foot fetish.” The emphasis on particular body part as well as the degradation of women is characteristic of this. There is a good book on this called: “Are Women Human?” by Catharine A. MacKinnon. I would encourage everyone to take a look t this book to understand the difference between porn and art.

I would not consider this site to be porn, not even “soft porn,” as some viewers have suggested. The main difference is that Marina is not catering to male fantasies but has her own intellectual and artistic agenda, that she offers an educational and intellectual product, philology and some embedded philosophy about love, celebrity love, or something that she makes more personal. Indeed, part of the attraction of the videos is that they appear like a personal web cam, the way she leans into the cam for example. To the male viewer, it is like having a girlfriend, and so it appeals to the lonely hearts club fan. It is not erotic, but more of a “personalistic love genre,” more evocative of a “love feeling.”

Really good art is not erotic, at least in my opinion. There are forms of “erotic art,” of course, but I consider them to be of lesser significance, certainly not high art. Marina is really offering her complex of philosophical love and word-work to her students, who seem very appreciative for the most part.

And then the mode of communication is an educational one, about philology, word etymology. So there is a substance to the communication. There is also a sub-theme of wishing Marina commercial success etc. and the celebrity thing. Obviously, this very delicate balance requires a lot of work. And then also, there really is a teacher-student relation, the personal interaction that is lacking in mass market celebrity mediums. That is the magic of the internet and online teaching.

So there are many complex elements involved, chief among which are acting ability, creativity/script, personality, and intelligence. Intelligence and personality can go a long way to enhance as well as to shape the perception of physical beauty. Like any endeavor, there is a customer/seller kind of relationship and that does require a lot of individual attention and hard work. It is probably harder than other ways of becoming a celebrity but also one in which she maintains more control.
My Upcoming Book
I think people would be more interested in reading about you, bio and historical photos of you, and how you make your show, and on what you think about and how you work. They should be interesting photos instead of glamour shots. If one is pretty, then any photo will be pretty. I don’t see the word origins as being material to the success of such a book. The internet is an interesting aspect, how it works as a business, and how that relates to more traditional avenues of being a celebrity.