EYE CANDY VS HOMELY MEN

Like most people, I do like to view eye candy type men. I am not a drooler but an appreciator. I can enjoy art with out wanting to own the painting. Somehow I do not feel all alone out here, otherwise Brad Pitt would be flipping burgers somewhere unappreciated. Yes, looks do appeal and sell.

I wrote about one of my favorite eye candy fellows, Alex O'Loughlin a while back. The poor fellow was put in series after series only to have them canceled. It appears he may have finally found a niche this season starring in the new Hawaii Five-O series.

Alex O'Loughlin



Now I never watched the original series as it was during a time in my life when I had other things to do than watch TV. It was pretty much during my party hearty period. Today, since I don't have all the much to do, I watch TV.

When I watched the pilot, I was a bit disappointed but stuck with it because of him and think I will like it. The second show was better. It is like when your youngest child gets his first real job, you are so relieved. Hopefully this show will last. It seems to have been well received.
James Wolk from Lone Star.

But I have other children. I found James Wolk only to have him disappear after two showings of Lone Star. That show was canceled after two weeks? Can't ever remember one going that quick though this seems to be the year for quick decisions. I thought I would hate the show since it was about a cheating con-man with two wives. Oddly, I really liked this quite flawed but really good looking man with skwed intentions.

The show was critically acclaimed which may be part of the reason it was dropped. Friday Night Lights, with my first child, Kyle Chandler, was also critically acclaimed and it too struggled to find a niche. I can only hope Lone Star also finds a home, maybe on cable. James Wolk deserves another view.

Kyle Chandler. Now I think I see my attraction. James is a young Kyle.

Yes, these are gorgeous men but something else happened this year that I am most pleased about. I have admitted that I appreciate the beautiful man but my preference across the dinner table has always been the less flashy. I have written about my experiences with the gorgeous guys and it has not been pretty. Besides upon close examination, a craggy face holds more interest, surprises and generally harbors a person that has had to bring more to his life than a pretty face.

I have seen the not particularly breathtaking, actually on the down side of plain, men cast in major roles. Wonderfully, their real appeal comes shinning through. The first bit of a shock this year, was the role of Davey Sutton on the series Memphis Beat (season over). A show I love and would watch if only for the music. After each show, I am scanning Amazon for “that song” I just heard to add to my MP3. I do love the Blues.


DJ Qualls from Memphis Beat


Davey is played by DJ Qualls who is not of the Brad Pitt stock. DJ is very skinny and has a nose that would allow him play to Cyrano de Bergerac with out a prosthetic nose piece. Bless his heart, the little fellow really has a beezer. But the more you see him and his personality, the more darling he becomes. This has to be a boon for the zillions of us who are not born flawlessly beautiful.

Eric Balfour

Another man on a series that I like is Eric Balfour who plays Duke Crocker on Haven. This man falls into the homely handsome category. His face is too long, his nose disproportionately large and a chin in the Jay Leno vein. If you took him apart feature by feature, you would think “ this will never work.” However as a unit, he is quite appealing. Again , a main character on a TV show that youngsters can watch and think, “Hay, not being pretty can be really cool.”

One of the first men on TV to make homely an asset was Richard Boone from the 1957 to 1963 series Have Gun-Will Travel. I can remember being a huge Boone fan. Balfour is of the same mold.

Richard Boone

Truthfully, I am glad this trend is coming back. It has to be a wonderful thing for the less than perfect young men out there today trying to build their self esteem but also for the young girls to learn to look past the imperfections and see the cool guy with irregular features, right in front of them all along. I do hope we see more of this.

Do you have any homely-handsome guys you enjoy watching or do you prefer eye candy?