To decode the language of the mustache it is necessary to call upon Doll Games’ structuring oppositions: between natural and artificial, original and fake, masculine and feminine. In doll games mustaches float and play between the two poles of these dichotomies, as the firm plastic member of a Josh or Alonzo, connoting the natural virility of woodsman or pirate, finds its echo and parody in the penciled affectations of Harvey and Willy, and the symbol of masculine potency takes on connotations of artifice and design—much like makeup (see Makeup)