Everyone at some point of their life would be spooked by one ghost story or the other. From the local folklore of the spirit of the headless woman to the banshee that haunts the abandoned castles. There is no better time than to write a blog on Annabelle, the misunderstood doll.
If one were to pause for a moment and reflect how unfairly we have treated Annabelle, and the unflattering label that we had attached to her, that is when we realise that the real demon lies within us.
OUR PREJUDICE
It has been embedded in our deep conscience that anything cute has to be fluffy, fat, looks like a bear and huggable. That is when the image of something adorable comes in this form.
Even the bear gets more action on a Friday night than Tom Cruise!
The scary image that has been painted to us would be the likes of Frankenstein, Dracula, Annabelle, Freddy Kruger just to name a few. The will be some stain of blood in their image. Children are afraid of blood because it reminds them of cuts and blisters which are painful. So, what better way than to have a picture of a monster with blood shot eyes, very bad makeup and smudged lipstick. Take a step back, review the image that we had been imposed with from childhood. The blood shot eyes could very well mean a bad case of conjunctivitis, the bad makeup is merely because of the current economic climate does not allow for everyone to own L'oreal or Bobby Brown. So, one just got to make do with what one can afford even if it is at the risk of scaring the poodle next door.
IMAGE CONSULTANT
Annabelle could be very much misunderstood merely because she doesn't dress like Barbie with the glitters and tiara on her head. Well, coz that isn't logical. Annabelle isn't gonna be adorable because she does not have a rainbow unicorn as her pet, she is just an antique doll trying to get through life and earn a decent living. Of course the plain unattractive fabric is all that she could afford, and being the named main character of a horror movie isn't as lucrative as it sounds.
Only if life is a little forgiving towards Annabelle, she would be less scary. The first makeover would be a decent haircut, instead of the long hair that eerily covers her face under the moonlight and howls of the husky that lives across the street.
Let's give her a break. Imagine this, with proper image consultation, the one that did the makeover for Susan Boyle, success is almost immediate.
Here is an example of good image consultation at work.
After...
First, give Annabelle a good haircut, wipe off the bad makeup, make the eyes a little softer with slight coloured contact lenses, give her a pair of Jimmy Choo and make sure her clothing is not worn out and dirty, she can definitely look a bit more presentable with some Laury Ashley clothes. So, if your imagination is doing you justice, this is how Annabelle after a makeover will look like...
She doesn't look that scary afterall right. It is all just bad marketing so the producer gets a few good bucks and market the movie as a horror movie at the expense of poor Annabelle. The world isn't fair, so let us not be judgmental. Give her a break. I say, let us be human again.
- P.S. I know the picture of the puppy with the new Annabelle after makeover is an overkill.
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