Because the Starbucks mermaid can be whatever she wants to be.
Abe Green is an artist with a unique purpose in life: to give the Starbucks mermaid the freedom and life satisfaction she deserves.
We only get to see the top half of the Starbucks mermaid.
We don’t even know her name.
She’s forced to smile, topless, and tirelessly promote coffee.
But outside the shot, who KNOWS what she could be up to.
Freed from the restrictions of silently representing Starbucks, the Starbucks mermaid can be anything she chooses.