Clive James on plastic surgery

Clive James has a recent article on plastic surgery in the BBC News. Its funny, irreverent, and insightful. Here are some snippets:
"But the real pity about Michael Jackson is that the man who sings "It doesn't matter if you're black or white" obviously thinks it does matter."
"Apparently the idea is that the top lip should be at least as big as the bottom lip, and the result, even done in moderation, always looks as if the original mouth has been removed, inflated like a small plastic paddling pool, and put back on upside down."
"The falsity is blatant, yet it's often the voluntary absurdity of the most subtle people alive. So it's got nothing to do with intelligence. It goes far deeper than that. It's the soul, believing that with the right kind of intervention a face can stop time."