Lawson has, of course, made it her trade to offer herself for the visual delectation of almost everyone.
Isabelle, reclining and unclothed, is hardly the first Parisian nude to stare us down: to offer herself to bewildered spectators, as to clients, without apology, explanation, or plea.
John's death was a theme, but so was a desire to surrender her ego, and to offer herself to something greater.
Later, in the show's most moving moment, she slumps miserably against a wall, then turns to offer herself, as if in supplication to the unseen hands of her late husband, whose heart gave out just shy of his 51st birthday.
In the wild, Kibuki would offer herself to the fittest male, whereas here she only has access to Iblis, who has become docile and slothful as a result of taking his mate for granted and having meals provided for him.
Last year, she saw an item on the TV news about a local woman who needed a kidney, and she immediately called the hospital, Johns Hopkins, to offer herself as a donor.
