Cyndi Lauper makes everything seem okay

In honor of her debut on “Celebrity Apprentice” last night, Cyndi Lauper did an interview in which she explained the importance of make-up. She said her early face painting was inspired by Indians:

When you were putting yourself together in the ’80s, what research material did you draw on? Was there one particular glamour icon who made you think, Mmm, I like this look, so I will multiply it by a hundred?

It would depend on the year. In the beginning, it was just war paint and more Native American looks and basically anything to flip society the bird. You don’t like it, well, wait, let me put on something else that’s really going to tweak you. Then in 1985-86 I was looking at a lot of old Hollywood glamour books and so I started to incorporate old Hollywood glamour with what I was doing.

Usually when people talk about playing Indian, it ends up taking on negative connotations. For some reason, Cyndi makes it all seem okay. She’s so unusual.