#makeover scenes

3) As for the makeover scenes Mel didn't like--I am pro makeover scenes. How you dress is not a purely superficial thing. It's a signal about confidence, and it also correlates with what you think looks "good," which is a cultural signifier--it can mark you as someone who is into high fashion, or someone who is into sports bars, or whatever. Obviously, there are other ways to indicate your confidence and subculture, but I don't think big reactions to makeovers are inherently objectifying or superficial. I think all the sitcom characters who do makeover spit-takes are reacting to the visual and the suggested persona change.