Barbie

Beyond Our Ken: Post Hetero Barbie

by Mark Simpson
August 12, 2023August 12, 2023

Warning: includes plot spoilers (though this is unlikely to change your viewing experience) Like several million others, suddenly remembering there was this thing called ‘a cinema’, I went to see the Barbie film. Why? Partly because it seemed to be a (women’s) flick that I needed to see and have an opinion… Read More »Beyond Our Ken: Post Hetero Barbie

Does art imitate life, or does life irritate art?

by Mark Simpson
July 3, 2013December 22, 2020

There is much to consider in this montage of Ken Doll’s evolution over the last half century. Transformation, even. But perhaps the most striking thing about Barbie’s playmate through the ages is the realisation that Justin Bieber whose official birth year is 1994, appears to have actually been developed from… Read More »Does art imitate life, or does life irritate art?

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