Esse in Barb-ime | All of Barbie’s Parents: The history of Barbie

Barbie’s history through the people that made her what she is today inspired by the book Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel by Jerry Oppenheimer (!)

This video is spoiler free for new Barbie live action film is concerned, but explains some of the film references. You can watch it weather you have watched the film or not.

The most notable Barbie films are also mentioned.

Finally, Somehow I managed to fit David Lynch in there.

00:00 – Hi Barbie!
01:11 – Did a lemon tell Ryan Gosling to play Ken?
01:55 – Topics covered in this video
02:53 – Bild Lilli
05:23 – Toy Monster: The Big, Bad World of Mattel by Jerry Oppenheimer(?)
07:24 – Why it was OK for women to be gold-diggers in the 50s
10:22 – This is Barbie and Anime analogy
12:12 – Ruth Handler and the longing for adult body dolls
14:15 – Miss Seventeen and the rights to Barbie
16:41 – Totally Hair Barbie
17:14 – Jill Barad
22:00 – Barbie and the Rockers vs Jem and the Holograms
24:36 – Esse in Anima / The creative art of Fantasy by Carl Jung (?) and the women of Mattel reaching the limit of what they can animate into being reality
26:51 – Barbie in the Nutcracker
27:42 – Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper
28:37 – What makes a good Barbie (film)?
29:55 – Is Barbie: Life in the Dreamhouse making fun of Jack Ryan?
34:01 – Barbie diversity and pregnancy
34:31 – Who is the real creator of Barbie

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