Anoush Abrar
What would you do if you found a RealDoll in someone’s closet? Chances are the person just bought you an extravagant dinner (RealDoll’s start at $6,500), so try not to make too much of a fuss. Photographer Anoush Abrar captures the creepiness of these expensive latex women quite well. Not that it’s hard.
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zoe sadokierski said | 15 February, 2008
There’s a fabulously creepy documentary called Love Me Love My Doll about men who have fallen in love with their real dolls and actually treat them like their girlfriends:
http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/245/index.jsp
Minou said | 15 February, 2008
Yes.yes. I do believe creepy is the correct word to use here!
Sally said | 15 February, 2008
I just watched the most amazing, beautiful, surprising movie the other night called “Lars and the Real Girl” starring Ryan Gosling whose character buys a real doll… very unexpected consequences as his small community embraces “Bianca”, definitely worth a watch…. however the doco mentioned by Zoe gives a more realistic view of the kind of people who order them!
Zolton said | 16 February, 2008
Here’s an excerpt from the video that Zoe refers to:
Laura D said | 16 February, 2008
im all up for each to their own and all that….but i do NOT understand this at all, he was rubbing her feet? she cant feel anything! its very sad and means that now he has her he will not ever want to leave her. where does it end?
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Melissa Kojima said | 15 February, 2008
Woe! This is so eerie. I thought they were just weird women. Thanks for sharing such a peculiar discovery. Have you found one in someone’s closet?