Well, why can't I be a French Maid?

I saw this and just had to post it up, seeing as how we are less than a week from Halloween. Y'all can be the judge about how this fits into our continual discussions of the masquerade, now in its most literal (and perhaps insidious?) form. Here masquerade is precisely the "playful" (multiple formations of the term possible here) engagement with certain codes of fantasy and femininity, whether they are naturalized or not remains to be seen. The writer(s) just barely manage to squeeze in a slight nod to the gendered hypocrisy of policing Halloween costumes near the end (hope they don't break their arms patting themselves on the back).

As a side note though, some part of me cringes at the thought of 8-10 year old girls in french maid outfits.