The nail in Barbie’s curvaceous coffin has been greatly exaggerated, but the early years of this century were a tumultuous time for Mattel’s most famous creation.

How do you bond with something that looks like a taffy pull with a face?” They scalp them and dismember them and burn them and microwave them. The writer, who used the iconic doll as a sword during childhood duels, noted that: “The nail in Barbie’s grotesquely proportioned coffin is last winter’s study by a British university about how ferociously little girls mutilate their Barbies, just for fun. 'Love and imagination can change the world.In 2005, the PBS broadcaster and journalist Patt Morrison penned a perfectly sound argument titled “Kill Barbie” for the Los Angeles Times. Any unathorized exhibition, distribution or copying of this film or any part thereof may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution.

This motion picture is protected under the Laws of the United States of America and other countries. No idenfitication with any actual persons, whether living or deceased, places or products is intended or should be inferred. is the author of this motion picture for purposes of the Berne Convention and all national laws giving effect thereto.Īll stories, names, characters and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. Samantha Mumba appears courtesy of Polydor LimitedĬountry of First Publication: United States of America Produced and Arranged by Korpi & BlackCell for Murlyn Music A.B Words and Music by Niclas Molinder, Joacim Persson, Pelle Ankarberg Words and Music by Rob Hudnut and Arnie Roth Music performed by The London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Arnie Rothīecky Taylor appears courtesy of EMI Classics 9 (New World) by Antonin DvorakĪll additional music composed, arranged and orchestrated by Arnie Roth Vancouver, CandaĮxecutive in Charge of Software Development 'Barbie as Rapunzel shows that love and imagination can change the world.' CreditsĬliff Ruby & Elana Lesser, Sarah Maizes and Rob Hudut She succeeds with the help of Penelope, the least intimidating of dragons! 'However, in a twist of fate, Rapunzel's discovery of a magic paintbrush leads her on a journey that will unravel a web of deception, bring peace to two feuding kingdoms, and ultimately lead her to love with the handsome Prince Stefan. She lived as a servant of Gothel, a jealous, scheming witch who kept her hidden deep in a forbidding forest, guarded by the enormous dragon Hugo and surrounded by an enchanted glass wall. But Rapunzel's life was far from wonderful. 'Long, long ago, in a time of magic and dragons, there lived a girl named Rapunzel, who had the most beautiful, radiant hair the world had ever seen.

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