I HATE the red carpet. It continues this demeaning "ranking" behaviour (again, from both sides). That the women fall over themselves to be seen on it in barely anything, is another topic again. Brownlow night should be about the players... the fairest and best (at football). I saw a terrific interview by a feminazi (not that I like feminazi's, just that I liked her interviews) - she was asking the partners what their latest career challenge was. No mention of who dressed them or how long it took them to get ready.
The world is just so fricking "hollywood" shallow, it's sad.
I hate the red carpet for ANY event ... but some people love 'em. Some love watching it, some love being on it. You can check as far back as you like, and people are being judged against some "standard" for how they look.
I personally don't have a problem with the practice of rating someone's looks, what I want my girls to understand is that is counts for nothing. Some bloke saying you are a "3" for looks is really more of an indicator of his personality than anything else. I don't spend much time with my girls telling them how to control others behaviour - more time is spent making sure they understand that they have all the power as to how they feel about something.
"Hollywood Shallow" will always be around. A beautiful woman / man walks into the room ... there aren't many situations where that doesn't cause attention to turn.
As far as Rocky goes, it is funny that we scream when he judges someone in a rude and unfair way ... but we are happy to call out every part of his life without really knowing anything about him. We call footballers soft / gutless / useless / moron and much worse things than 3/10. It's funny when someone makes fun of Ling's looks, or someone comes back from off-season fat etc...
Mistake was that Rockliff didn't seem to understand that saying it publicly was a bad idea, I think we should forgive him that and move along.
PS - oh yeah, I checked with my wife and apparently I am a 10 - which really surprised me. I mean what are the chances of two 10s meeting and getting married ??? Amaze-balls.