Nicole Kidman: Critique of a Porcelain Doll
April 29th, 2010by
Heather Hallie
Nicole Kidman has been taken over by space aliens. It appears that she really did fall victim to possession in “The Invasion” her universally-panned and underrated 2007 film co-starring Daniel Craig. In the film she plays a mother and psychologist trying to elude the pursuit of humans possessed by alien beings devoid of emotion. Her role as super-mom and super-achieving career woman are models based on the appearance of this enigmatic actress whose facial features and physique continue to morph into someone 20 years younger than her actual forty-something age. Her continued preference for cosmetic surgery speaks to the pressures facing women in the entertainment industry and the ubiquity of self-transformation by the surgeon’s scalpel. (more…)