....and that sequel is "Mannequin 2". In the 1987 original, Kim Cattrell was an Egyptian who became a girl trapped inside 'the body' of department store mannequin. Andrew McCarthy was a guy who builds, then falls in love with this mannequin (named Emmy). She would come to life, but only HE could see the real girl.
My idea centers around a 19th Century Mormon (Let's call him 'Mitt'). He is at the threshold of death, when he learns that the angel named Joseph is renovating Mitt's heavenly palace, and that God will let Mitt travel into the future....as long as he finds a body to inhabit.
'Mitt' (I'm thinking that Matt Dillon would be good in this role) travels to New Hampshire, Michigan, Utah, and Massachusetts, and flip-flops around, before he finds himself inhabiting a department store mannequin.
Meanwhile, it is an election year, and all of the Republican candidates seem to be floundering. A political operative. played by Kim Cattrall (Emmy), sees Mitt, and falls for him. She believes that he looks quite presidential, with his perfect hair and telegenic looks. The only problem is that he appears to be alive only to her.
The angel Joseph appears to her, and grants her wish that the American people sees the living, breathing man she sees. And so, Joseph grants her wish. Emmy and Mitt board their campaign bus, and as they flip pancakes and as he kisses babies, we are treated to the campaign theme song, the 1987 number one smash hit, "Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now", by Starship.
Joseph re-appears to Emmy, and tells her that 'Mitt' must go to Mormon Heaven on Election Day. The American people learn of this development, and must make their decision accordingly. Either vote for Mitt's opponent, a leftist busybody, or Mitt the mannequin. As it turns out, the mannequin wins in a landslide. The American people chooses the government 'that governs least governs best'.
Very little is done in four years. We have divided government. The people rejoice. The end.
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