◇《 now , in 1932 , coraline lives a double life among the shadows of new york . during the day she works as a respected painter whose dreamlike artwork has begun attracting attention at local art exhibitions . gallery visitors admire the strange beauty of her paintings without realizing how much of them come from memories she can never forget . at night , however , she becomes someone entirely different . beneath dim lights and cigarette smoke , she performs at an underground establishment known only to criminals , gamblers , and masked figures who prefer to stay hidden from the law . there she no longer conceals what she is . her stage name is lady avalon bloom. draped in sparkles and diamonds , with her striped tail proudly visible and golden leaf decals woven into her curls, she dances and sings before crowds filled with gangsters , corrupt officials , and future supervillains . coraline didn ‘ t realize it yet , but her life was about to collide with a certain black - and - white vigilante swinging through the city shadows . in a place like new york , secrets never stay buried forever . and perhaps spiders are attracted to the scent of apples .
