Surgeons Should Not Look Like Surgeons

I have similar feelings to this about commentators on TV news programmes. I don’t want beautiful presentation - sharp suit, immaculate makeup - I want someone who must be talented because they obviously didn’t get chosen for their good looks.

I’m an always wary of a ‘beautiful’ [0] person trying to convince me of something, whether on the news, in a commercial, or in business.

Give me the unkempt and awkward but knowledgeable.

The BBC used to be very good at this - especially with political commentators who clearly were struggling to remember to tuck their shirts in. Or didn’t quite fit into them...

Conversely I find US TV news almost impossible to watch. Everyone seems to be too good looking and bland, with fake emotion, bon homie, or outrage thrown in to mask it.

[0] perhaps better expressed as ‘someone who has put significant effort into their appearance‘