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Playful Parody:
In this amusing scene, Gibson parodies his beauties' interplay with a male admirer. One of them wields a hat pin as if to fix in place a miniaturized Gibson man like an entomological specimen. He kneels, raising his hands in a pitiful, beseeching gesture. As the embodiment of the New Woman, the Gibson Girl projects a new assertiveness in her interactions with men. No longer does she appear in thrall to a potential partner's preferences. One in a popular series of seven, this image became one of Gibson's most famous and enduring. |