The Real Doll

I watched the film 'Guys and Dolls', which speaks about how the 'real doll' has become more of a companion than a pleasure device for many people. I was interested in some of the behaviors of the men towards the doll. Most of them would dress them, groom them, etc, some would even take there dolls out with them in public. Its kind of creepy how most of these men behave with the doll. One man would take pictures of his dolls with him in natural poses: the photograph makes the dolls come alive. These men seem to have social issues, not all but most. The men remind me of the self involved behavior of the mechanical boy, using a doll as social vice. Its not the movement of the doll, but the lack of it, that seems to reinforce the feeling of control these men so desperately want. These men are not mentally ill, they understand the uncanny nature about the whole thing but it speaks to the idea of interface again.