This is sweet little tot Kareena Kapoor, back in the early 80s, in those black-and-white depths of the analog 20th century,
along with her Bollywood movie-star dad, her movie-star mom, and her someday-to-be movie-star older sister, Karisma.
TENDER AND DUTIFUL FEUDAL-FAMILY SHOT
While this is modern Kareena, in her latest product-support
campaign circa 2005, for a perfume called "Chocolate Seduction."
Or so I hear. The exact details are proving elusive.
KAREENA MEETING THE FAMILY'S BILLS, 2005-STYLE
This is the perfect objective-correlative image to end another
year here at BEYOND THE BEYOND.
I also wonder, a little more than idly, exactly *how much it costs* to cover a top-flight Bollywood star in chocolate, these days. Okay, granted, that probably chocolate-tinted shaving-cream that
doesn't melt under the lights, because she's a true pro,
you know, our Kareena is nobody's fool... But, really...
given all that chocolate frosting, how about marshmallow fluff?
Wet cement? Or styrofoam?
Who settles the rates for this? What does the contract
look like, for Bollywood chocolate shots? Is there a EULA
in that contract? Are there residuals maybe? Can I
get a chocolate-covered Kareena collector figurine?
There's just so much to learn! I only hope there's
room on the hard disk...
Happy new year.
