One of the more surreal videos circulating the internet — one I have been utterly oblivious to until now — is Mariko Takahashi's Poodle Fitness. Is it a satire on "ex-fat girls" or is simply weird for it's own sake?
Interesting thought. However, I don't think poodle haircuts look like muscles at all. In fact, Mariko Takahashi's poodle "muscles" look downright freaky. Is this satire on "ex-fat girls" or is it weirdness for its own sake?The film is a typical work out video except for the fact that the video's instructor is dressed in a body suit giving her the appearance of having muscles shaped like the fur of a groomed poodle dog. Also, exercising with her in the video are six actors dressed in dog costumes with actual live dogs' heads superimposed over their real heads. Nagi Noda, in her artist's statement, explained that she arrived at the poodle concept after noticing that the dogs' hair cuts resembled muscles. She believed that this concept would help her video appeal to people of all ages.
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