MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: LIPSTICK TRIUMPH

LAST NIGHT'S Mission Impossible film was a triumph for lipstick! Yes! Lipstick had centre stage, because there is this lady spy in the film, whose lipstick is a gadget! The lipstick is real (and an unusual shade it is too). Inside, it actually hides a powerful memory stick!

Also, the same lady spy leaves a lipstick-kissed paper as a trail for Tom Cruise to find while he is looking for her in Morocco!

Could the film get any better? Of course not! Here I am at the cinema foyer, waiting for the film to start. Please note the pink T-shirt and pink bag.

Lipstick has been a definitive tool for women for centuries. Women were heavily condemned for wearing make up. Lipstick was the most hated of them all, for the mouth is the most sexually charged part of the face. 

Behind the condemnation for make up was fear of female power: fear of the woman who could self-create on her face and make herself appear more beautiful than she was.

As a committed feminist, I love lipstick and make up, because I tie them with woman's power to create: create things so disparate as beauty, family and a text. That's why the lipstick resembles a pen after all!

Did I enjoy Mission Impossible? Yes, it was a good film, good direction, visual effects, sound. They couldn't resist showing the female protagonist in a bikini; on the other hand, Tom Cruise appears half-naked too.

Have a terrific Saturday! xxx