Monday, January 11, 2016

Jay Alvarrez and His "Awesome" Life




Jay Alvarrez and his girlfriend, Alexis Ren live the life that makes the richest, happiest, and most beautiful person's life boring. Jay Alvarrez is an extreme athletic enthusiast and photographer while his girlfriend is the ideal model. He posts videos and pictures on his Instagram and YouTube accounts that show off his his life that consists of his romantic relationship with Alexis, his cute dog, skydiving, surfing, snowboarding, going on hikes, driving his various cars, doing flips off of roof tops and 50 foot cliffs, and going to the most exotic beaches, islands, and all around the world. 

What his pictures and videos do is basically make everybody who sees them jealous and unsatisfied. He puts an image of the ideal life out there, that really only the smallest of the minority can afford, have or do. It is questionable how even Alvarrez can acquire such a life and it his possible that he is being paid to put that image out that secretly advertises products such as the GoPro, Farrari's, Audi's, and brands that he is wearing such as Nectar, and Mirage.

Both him and his girlfriend put out an image, not only of how the perfect life is, but also the ideal appearance that "should" be presented in order to obtain this "perfect life". Throughout the posts on social media, Alvarrez shows off his tan, muscular body by not wearing a shirt while doing things like driving or skydiving. Things that would normally include a shirt. While Alexis is half naked the whole video, showing off her tan, thin body. This influences everybody who see's his posts, and the audience unwillingly is forced to think such an important factor of who they are, is the way they look, their bodies. So important that you need to show it off, and even the message that in order to live the perfect life, in order to be happy, is to have this body type. The posts put out the implicit message that you can't be happy without everything that him and his girlfriend have.

Link to video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOHDkIxyu2A


1 comment:

  1. All those companies you mentioned chose him to feature their products...and he's quite the hunk. Coincidence? I THINK NOT. I agree with it all Mary. love you

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