Mirror Mirror

Mirror Mirror provocatively explores the relationship between a woman's body image and the quest for an idealized female form. Blending humor and candor, the film incisively illuminates the vagaries in the concept of an "ideal" body type. A tension exists between the visual statement created by masks and mannequins and the rich diversity of the thirteen women appearing in the film. These women, of varying age, size, and ethnicity, frankly reveal the ambivalence with which they regard their own bodies. Their comments on the size and shape of specific body parts are underscored by footage from the thirties depicting perfect body part contests for women.