Shaye Saint John
Appearance
Industry | Entertainment |
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Founded | 2001 |
Founder | Eric Fournier |
Headquarters | United Kingdom |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Eric Fournier |
Website | www |
Shaye Saint John is a fictional character who appeared in a series of surrealist, campy short films hosted on a crudely designed webpage. Saint John, a product of artist Eric Fournier,[1] was described with a backstory claiming she was a supermodel disfigured in a train accident, who rebuilt her body with a collection of mannequin parts.[2]
Description
Shaye Saint John was played by Fournier, wearing a plastic mask, a series of wigs and dresses, and manipulating wooden hands on sticks.[2] The character had a LiveJournal blog which began in 2003,[2] and appeared in the films:
- Wire Therapy (2000)
- Starboard (2000)
- Strange Dolly (2000)
- Holiday Shaye (2000)
- Halloween Trash (2001)
Fournier died on 25 February 2010, aged 42.[2]
References
- ^ Davis Jones, Kate (2 June 2015). "Shaye Saint John Is the Tony Clifton of the Internet Era". Vice. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d Eddy, Max (14 June 2012). "Behold the Hilarious, Magical Horror That is Shaye Saint John". The Mary Sue. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
External links
- Eric Fournier at IMDb
- ShayeSaintJohn.net (site only online sporadically)
- Shaye Saint John on LiveJournal
- Eric and Shaye
- Shaye Saint John's YouTube Channel