Makeovers aren't just for lonely cable subscribers and post-partum mommies. Even the inhuman are subject to a new wardrobe, different hobbies, bigger heads and smaller tummies.
Cartoonists and marketers have joined together to put aging animated characters through extreme makeovers. They're starting with saccharin-sweet 80s icon Strawberry Shortcake.
Here are some of her more obvious nips, tucks and shifted interests (from the Times):
Strawberry Shortcake, part of a line of scented dolls, now prefers
fresh fruit to gumdrops, appears to wear just a dab of lipstick (but no
rouge), and spends her time chatting on a cellphone instead of brushing
her calico cat, Custard.
Others going under the cartoon knife are Angelina Ballerina, Bugs Bunny (what! He's perfect!), Scooby-Doo and the Care Bears. Can't we just shoot the latter and be done with it? Apparently not, the cloying bears will get slimmer waistlines and longer lashes (no word on stripping their vocal chords and rendering them mute).
Image: NYTimes.com
