Further Evidence toward a Theory of Rita Pavone

Mentioning My Name is Potato in the immediately previous post led me toward the related Rita Pavone videos, which reveal that the enthusiastic energy she poured into her ode toward potatoes seems to be a general trademark of her performance style; in this video she gets equally excited about Tuscan tomato soup (apologies ahead of time, incidentally, for getting this tune into your head, where it will not leave) -- so excited that she appears to have joined some sort of paramilitary outfit, or at least donned one, to celebrate it.

This ebullience, and the willingness to expend it in honor of foodstuffs, combined with the elfin frame and frankly rather captivatingly large eyes, all lead to the conclusion that she may be some sort of commercial mascot sprite in search of a product.