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There’s not all that much to be said about the background inspirations for this, other than what most people perhaps over the age of 35 could suss out on their own.
The two most obvious ones are the reference to a uniquely, and terrifyingly treacly 1963 love ballad called: ‘Hey, Paula!’ breathlessly, and eyelash-flutteringly sung by a duo act, who (of course) called themselves “Paul and Paula”.
(Go ahead and sigh: “aaaaaaaaahhhhh!” right now, just like you’re supposed to)
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always found something oddly repellent about that song, like I would quickly notice that, for some, odd reason, Paula seems to never blink…
The second obvious influence is the Paula Corporation, which from about the late sixties to the late eighties was THE uniquely American (Made in the People’s Republic of China) source of popular kitsch, including: “If You Love Something, Set it Free…” and “Jesus Footprints” plastic plaques, as well as Sillisculpt figurines, which, as bad as they were, like Red Rose tea figurines morph’d and mutated into gloopstick/plastic, handed-out-to anti-vaxxer Jonny-Gruelle-Raggedy-Ann & Andy-by-a-greasily-charming anthro male coyote tounge-lickin', banjo-strummin' kissin-cousin of Wile-E, they were still far less creepy than anything Hummell or Precious Sinister Moments…
The two most obvious ones are the reference to a uniquely, and terrifyingly treacly 1963 love ballad called: ‘Hey, Paula!’ breathlessly, and eyelash-flutteringly sung by a duo act, who (of course) called themselves “Paul and Paula”.
(Go ahead and sigh: “aaaaaaaaahhhhh!” right now, just like you’re supposed to)
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always found something oddly repellent about that song, like I would quickly notice that, for some, odd reason, Paula seems to never blink…
The second obvious influence is the Paula Corporation, which from about the late sixties to the late eighties was THE uniquely American (Made in the People’s Republic of China) source of popular kitsch, including: “If You Love Something, Set it Free…” and “Jesus Footprints” plastic plaques, as well as Sillisculpt figurines, which, as bad as they were, like Red Rose tea figurines morph’d and mutated into gloopstick/plastic, handed-out-to anti-vaxxer Jonny-Gruelle-Raggedy-Ann & Andy-by-a-greasily-charming anthro male coyote tounge-lickin', banjo-strummin' kissin-cousin of Wile-E, they were still far less creepy than anything Hummell or Precious Sinister Moments…
Category Poetry / Abstract
Species Coyote
Size 50 x 50px
File Size 580 B
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