As usual, truth is stranger then fiction. I'm listening to NPR radio, and they are discussing the 50th anniversary of the Barbie Doll. I'm just about to turn the dial, when they start to discuss the actual history of Barbie, and it reminded me truth is always stranger then fiction:
"Barbie was modelled on a German doll, a three-dimensional representation of a fictional prostitute called Lilli in the comic-strip of a German newspaper, Bild Zeitung. She serviced German businessmen and was cheeky to the cops. Platinum-haired and tarty, she would do anything with sweaty clients, provided the money was right. This was the doll Ryan encountered in 1955, and he adjusted it for the consumption of American children, by tidying up her lips and filing off her nipples."
The doll Ken, was based on their son, who indeed named Ken. He was a gay man (amazingly, didn't we all know Ken was gay?) and died of AIDs in 1994.
See:
John Walsh: 'Barbie was based on a cartoon prostitute who'd do anything for money' - Columnists, Opinion - The Independent
- Will @ BrinkZone
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Man, yesterday I went to the pharmacy to get a script and the girl behind the counter looked like a filipina-white version of Anais Nin, not the real one but the one in Henry&June, she had those same world devouring doe eyes in a petite frame, those sweet, sure to be tinged with poison lips....I don't know what it is about classic looking beauties but they flip my brain inside out....
The one on the left here..
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Is this story true I can't believe that barbie is based on a prostitute lady
Just more of the de-moralization of America. Yes maybe Barbie was modelled after a German doll, but Mattel obviously did not market her that way.
Why is everyone so intent on bringing down OUR country?
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