Naomi Campbell | Mert & Marcus | Interview Magazine Oct 2010

Let’s get beyond the fact that temper-tantrum prone Naomi Campbell may not be the best black model to deliver the powerful message of this Mert & Marcus editorial for Interview Magazine October 2010. Consider the possibility that you need a supermodel, Amazonian woman to get the job done, and Naomi more than qualifies.

What’s the statement here? We think it’s far more complex than Naomi being a dominatrix to male model Alex Kovas — although that’s the standard read. Is Naomi the Russian state — communism — suppressing freedom of religious expression? Maybe.

Is she just taking out a Russian mobster and her next hit is Rome via Sicily? Maybe.

Is Naomi rolling up here sleeves and taking charge —  as so many women say we must — of a totally screwed up world, full of bloodshed over religion and other isms? You’re getting warm for our interpretation.

Even Fall TV networks are changing the message to a return of super-hero women who kicks butt and save the world from bloody, religious-driven, fundamentalist, male principles. Just for the record, the Vatican has no historical problem with mobsters, as long as they contribute to church coffers and take communion on Sunday.

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