9/26/2023 0 Comments Bo peep doll![]() “I love your leg warmers!” Ken tells Barbie. As far as Barbie and Ken are concerned, they’re the only ones in the room. In this case, it’s “Dream Weaver” by Gary Wright. When the pair meet, the film invokes a common trope: a romantic needle drop hits the moment the lovers lock eyes. Their introduction to the film is tinged with romantic tension. In Toy Story 3, Barbie and Ken play a surprisingly large role. Perhaps the most indisputable evidence that Ken is in fact both a member of the queer community and Barbie’s bestie, not boy toy, comes from a rather surprising place: 2010’s Toy Story 3. Even if his makers claim him to be straight, there’s mounting proof to the contrary. He’s Barbie’s gay best friend.ĭespite Mattel’s insistence that Barbie and Ken are in a happy romantic relationship, there’s plenty of speculation about Ken’s sexuality. But there’s one key reason why Ken is always lagging significantly behind Barbie and it's a lot deeper than the doll’s seeming lack of popularity: Ken has been miscast. But for a doll? Embarrassing.)īarbie has starred in lots of video games and more than three dozen films Ken has had a major role in a mere handful of them. (An incredible amount of jobs for a person, sure. Toymakers Mattel never gave him the same kind of backstories as Barbie-while she’s had over 200 careers, Ken has had just some 40-odd professions. ![]() But as time went on, Ken found himself an afterthought. Since then, like Barbie, Ken has undergone countless transformations and fashions. “Get both Barbie and Ken and see where the romance will lead!” the commercial promised. When Ken was first introduced in 1961, his first commercial tried to position him as Barbie’s equal and, unmistakably, boyfriend. ![]() Ken has long been seen as nothing but Barbie’s human accessory, but it wasn’t always this way for the poor misunderstood doll. The implication is clear: Come for Barbie, and stay for Barbie… but Ken happens to be there too. He’s just Ken.” That’s the tagline for the wildly anticipated Barbie movie, directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. It’s Barbie Week at The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, celebrating the doll’s pop-culture history, our favorite Barbie memories, and a certain major movie.
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