Creepy mannequins

This morning as I stumbled into the kitchen for my first cup of coffee, I was greeted by an inanimate stranger: Debra Manikin, as introduced by the label on her neck.* Automatically, I flashed to that scene from Return to Oz (mpeg download) where the evil Princess Mombi threatens to remove Dorothy’s cranium for display in her gallery of bitchy mannequin heads that come to life, a source of many of my childhood nightmares.

As the coffee worked its magic, I recalled the gleefully absurd plot of Mannequin (1987), in which the lead character creates a mannequin so perfect he falls in love with it… then she comes to life as a misplaced ancient Egyptian, and together they create beautiful window displays. Yep. And Princess Mombi fades back into my subconscious, resuming her small role in controlling my daily decisions.

A few lullabies for Debra (Real Audio from the WFMU archives):

Mannequin “Romanticizing Again”
Wire “Mannequin”
Mothers of Invention “Plastic People”
Senor Coconut y su Conjuto “Showroom Dummies” (Kraftwerk cover)

*Logical explanation: roommate in cosmetology school = mannequin head clamped to countertop.

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