SINN-ful Stand-In

“News” updated July 27, 2006!




		It’s the faux Sinnamon, not quite in costume, displaying the form that makes her a fanboy fave.


	Count on The Hero Channel to dig deep and get the whole story!

		The Hero Channel uncovered a hoax to pass off a model as the super heroine Sinnamon, as reported here. Now our skilled reporters have contacted the woman behind the deception and learned that this was not the first time she'd played this role. In fact, she's done it quite often. Sarah Lorenz is a New York based blonde beauty who cheerfully admits to posing as Sinnamon. She spoke to our reporter recently in a candid interview. When did she first don the tight outfit and reddish brown wig? "That was a complete fluke. I was visiting Golden Valley on vacation and a guy stopped me on the street."

Surely not the first time a male admirer has stopped her?

"This one was a bit different. He managed a rock band. They were doing a video for a song about Sinnamon. They wanted someone who could fill out the costume. I was game, and they bought a wig. They had me beating up the lead singer, which was strange. They paid me well and I got to keep the stuff, too."

Did she have any misgivings?

"Well, I wondered if it would be cool with Sinnamon. I didn't want her flying in and kicking my butt. I was told that they tried to contact her, but she never got back to them. Someone checked around and it seems that if you don't trademark it, anyone can don a costume and use a hero's name. Like, you could put on a mask and call yourself Bruiser. Or the Dark Silhouette."

Speaking of the Silhouette, what transpired between the two of you?

"I think there's a real sweet guy under that mask. So I won't say anything more."

Did he think you were the real deal?

"I don't know if anyone told him otherwise. I don't know if I feel too good about that. Next question please."

It sounds like this has become a lucrative sideline for you.

"Yeah, it's funny. After I did that video, I didn't give it a second thought, and figured I'd keep the wig and costume as souvenirs. A month later, I got a call from someone at a comic book convention. So now that's become a regular gig for me. I get called to every convention and that's a pretty full schedule. I'm usually booked at least two weekends every month."

And no one minds you're not the real deal? Do they know?

"I hope they know! No one asks me to bend steel or fly! You've got plenty of models at these conventions. I'm just another pretty face in a tight skimpy outfit. Fans will have their photos taken with me. It's fun. Comic book fans tend to be quite harmless."

It's the non-comic related job offers that give Sarah pause. She admits that some of them have been less than wholesome.

"Oh yeah, guys will offer big bucks if I show up in the costume, but don't keep it on for very long. I'm not a stripper, and some of the stuff just sounds unsafe to my overall well-being."

Sarah shakes her head.

"Sometimes it bothers me. Does anyone want to see the Lone Ranger get naked? Like, Sinnamon can bend steel in her hands, but guys just want to see her naked? I think it's more than just wanting to see a good-looking woman nude. I think it's a way to deny Sinnamon or any other super woman their strength. These guys can't deal with a strong woman, so they want her naked and exposed. I don't think it has anything to do with sex at all."

Your reporter's surprise upon hearing this unexpectedly deep insight must be obvious, because Sarah takes immediate offense.

"I'm not a bimbo. I have a degree. It's just that in our society, a woman can make better money using her looks than her brains. Why should I pass up easy money?"

Sarah pauses, as another insight comes to her.

"I bet it'd be true for the real Sinnamon," she says. "For all the good she does battling crime, I bet she'd make more money if she posed nude for a magazine."

"That's kind of sad, isn't it?"