Erykah Fugu

I do understand that Erykah Badu has an unusual personal style. Really, I do. And I appreciate that.

But when she looks ripped from a failed Joss Whedon pilot called Aztec Superheroes on the Moon, it's just a tiny bit difficult to take her seriously.

Okay, we've since been told this is a tribute to an album cover and the history of funk music. Although that doesn't diminish the impact of its wackyness, it does at least explain that none of this was hanging in her closet while she waited with bated breath for the perfect occasion to wear her bitchin' new purple crazyboots. Still, even in light of this new information, any fascination with her resemblance here to actress Gina Torres, and any ensuing fantasies that Torres turned down the aforementioned role in the Whedon pilot because she wasn't into headdresses, may continue unabated.