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The critic in the transcript discusses this approach as a tired and overdone aesthetic, arguing that we've already explored and exhausted the concept of deconstructing beauty through androgyny and gender-bending. The idea that post-modern art needs to shock or challenge traditional notions of attractiveness is seen as increasingly unoriginal. Historically, figures like David Bowie or Boy George pushed boundaries and were considered groundbreaking, but the current wave of gender fluidity and "ugly" portrayals is viewed as simply recycled, lacking originality or true rebellion.