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Shaye Saint John
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2001
FounderEric Fournier
Headquarters
United Kingdom
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Eric Fournier
Websitewww.shayesaintjohn.net

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:

  1. Wire Therapy (2000)
  2. Starboard (2000)
  3. Strange Dolly (2000)
  4. Holiday Shaye (2000)
  5. Halloween Trash (2001)

Fournier died on 25 February 2010, aged 42.[2]

References

  1. ^ Davis Jones, Kate (2 June 2015). "Shaye Saint John Is the Tony Clifton of the Internet Era". Vice. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  2. ^ 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.