Scarfug Jofugsson

Lately, Scarlett Johansson and I have been warring over patterns — specifically, she keeps choosing things I hate, and it aggrieves me. So I’m pleased that this doesn’t offend me:

It’s a cute take on your basic animal print, it fits her gloriously, it’s a good length, and in all it’s rather flattering. Much better than when she looks swathed in wallpaper samples.

But her head is giving me problems. I don’t hate the dark hair in general, but that is a LOT of makeup, especially paired with such a striking dress. Seriously, she’s stepping into Evan Rachel Wood territory, back in the heyday of ERW’s spooky affair with Marilyn Manson where she was denying turning herself into Dita Von Teese even as she dyed her hair black and started wearing enough face cake every day to supply ten mimes for a year. This may not bode well — I hope ScarJo isn’t about to go really Goth on us and leave Ryan Reynolds for some rocker with one white contact lens and the distinct air of being one who eats bunnies.