Whatever happened to those TV 'manolas'?
A former TV personality resurfaces and triggers the usual carousel of comments about her looks. Nostalgia, harshness and doubts about AI.
English · Original discussion in Spanish · Published
The return of a 'manola' and the internet's aesthetic judgment
An old image, a name we thought was buried, and the herd instinct kicks in. Someone digs up a photo or a video clip and the digital noise rises at once. Some remember the attraction she caused back then, with that damp nostalgia only old-school television knows how to distill. Others, meanwhile, go over her current state: the odd-looking face, the skin too smooth, the suspicion of a scalpel or a filter.
The discussion splits between those who still see the woman she was and those who won't forgive the passage of time. Some argue she was objectively plain, that memory sweetens reality. That the trio of ladies on the show —with Marta Torne at the helm— was more of a joke than anything else. And in the meantime, the guy who prefers his life in the countryside, the remaining 23 and a half hours of unbearable cohabitation that nobody mentions.
The debate, of course, slides into the grotesque: butts, implants, supposed binges that never peine. Technology gets its share: it's either AI or someone went overboard with Prestashop, they conclude. The crowd of old folks is horrified. In the end, the only fruta fact is that the algorithm keeps rewarding empty controversy. And that the internet, as always, prefers noise to silence. Let everyone keep their own pet peeve.
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An old image, a name we thought was buried, and the herd instinct kicks in. Someone digs up a photo or a video clip and the digital noise rises at once. Some remember the attraction she caused back then, with that damp nostalgia only old-school television knows how to distill. Others, meanwhile, go over her current state: the odd-looking face, the skin too smooth, the suspicion of a scalpel or a filter.
The discussion splits between those who still see the woman she was and those who won't forgive the passage of time. Some argue she was objectively plain, that memory sweetens reality. That the trio of ladies on the show —with Marta Torne at the helm— was more of a joke than anything else. And in the meantime, the guy who prefers his life in the countryside, the remaining 23 and a half hours of unbearable cohabitation that nobody mentions.
The debate, of course, slides into the grotesque: butts, implants, supposed binges that never peine. Technology gets its share: it's either AI or someone went overboard with Prestashop, they conclude. The crowd of old folks is horrified. In the end, the only fruta fact is that the algorithm keeps rewarding empty controversy. And that the internet, as always, prefers noise to silence. Let everyone keep their own pet peeve.
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