by Phillip Erlewine
synopsis
A money-hungry woman window dresser goes to her local dump in search of some random items for her displays, and discovers a boy with the face of a rat. She sees marketing $$$ here, and whisks the boy away with her. She intends to turn the ratboy into some sort of celebrity, but she gets caught up in her own second thoughts when, suddenly overcome by compassion, she realizes she's harmfully exploiting the kid.
characteristics
- Fighting The System
- Culture Clash
- Show-biz
- Show-business
- Mutant
- Manager
- Management
- Mutation
- Scheme
- Swindle
- Journalist
- Transformation
- Scam
- Journalism
- Con/scam
