[ SECRET POST #5636 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5636 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[Met Gala]


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[Mr Ballen on Youtube]


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[Satoru Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen]


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[Twisted Kaiju Theater]


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Notes:

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Met Gala is cosplay for famous people who are too good for cosplay, change my mind.

I knew almost nothing about the phenomenon except looking at past years' photos in Best Of compilations until this year, so I feel like it's approaching a point where everyone who is invited/plans to attend is going to very soon be unable to excuse themselves from not knowing that it's cosplay for famous people. In past years, I'd excuse the dudes in a tux because they come off as the same people as the generic nerds at an anime convention - they know cosplay exists, they like looking at the cosplay, but there's not there to cosplay. And that's okay in nerd spaces. But the Met Gala being a celeb event feels like the nerds in their greasy Star Wars t-shirts are posing for the paparazzi (and being deliberately photographed BY said paparazzi) as if they're just as photo-worthy as the cosplayers. That's probably where the disconnect comes from. And that's not likely to change unless the Met Gala itself lays down some red carpet rules, or the celebrity blogosphere collectively stops publishing photos of dudes in tuxes who didn't even try.

In other words, don't hold your breath and cut yourself some slack, OP. But direct the "ugh" feelings where it belongs - on celebrity culture not understanding the assignment and sticking with the status quo, and on the Met Gala cosplay not understanding how cosplay is supposed to work, culturally speaking.

[kallanda_lee]

I love this analysis, tbh.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes! Excellently put.