“Nuns give Leo another hand-knitted doll.” [Canon212] It was rather disturbing to see on X the group of Peruvian sisters all bubbling around Leo, kissing his hand, and prattling on so familiarly. One of them, the fizziest, presented him with a plush toy “pope.” We recall that six weeks ago, in a one-handed catch, Leo acquired a similar doll which had been thrown at him from the crowd. As Altieri wrote recently: “Optics are not the most important thing, but they are not unimportant, either.”
Dolls, like puppets and clowns, can be perceived or understood as creepy and cryptic. Kachina and Voodoo dolls come to mind. Now, sad to see, there’s the stuffed “pope model,” iconic variant of the “Dr. Simi” mascot of Farmacias Simulares, Mexico’s largest drugstore and the world’s 2nd largest pharmaceutical chain.”
Apart from charisma and PR, dolls are ideal for concealing objects. In fact and fiction, dolls have been used to hide money, jewelry, tiny messages, and “gifts.” In times of civil and world war, drugs and secrets placed in the hollows of dolls were famously and successfully smuggled.
“Nuns give Leo another hand-knitted doll.” [Canon212] It was rather disturbing to see on X the group of Peruvian sisters all bubbling around Leo, kissing his hand, and prattling on so familiarly. One of them, the fizziest, presented him with a plush toy “pope.” We recall that six weeks ago, in a one-handed catch, Leo acquired a similar doll which had been thrown at him from the crowd. As Altieri wrote recently: “Optics are not the most important thing, but they are not unimportant, either.”
Dolls, like puppets and clowns, can be perceived or understood as creepy and cryptic. Kachina and Voodoo dolls come to mind. Now, sad to see, there’s the stuffed “pope model,” iconic variant of the “Dr. Simi” mascot of Farmacias Simulares, Mexico’s largest drugstore and the world’s 2nd largest pharmaceutical chain.”
Apart from charisma and PR, dolls are ideal for concealing objects. In fact and fiction, dolls have been used to hide money, jewelry, tiny messages, and “gifts.” In times of civil and world war, drugs and secrets placed in the hollows of dolls were famously and successfully smuggled.