Law Practice
Aug. 2, 2023
Doll wars and the perils of perfection
A 2015 Barbie commercial for the doll boasts in all caps, "When a Girl Plays with Barbie, She Imagines Everything She Can Become." Women attorneys, in particular, are all too familiar with the "impossible assignment."
Panda L. Kroll
Founder
Panda Kroll, Esq. & Associates.
Panda represents both employers and employees in labor disputes.
"Barbie," which opened July 21 in theatres everywhere, is equal parts existential meta-comedy, musical theater, feature-length Mattel commercial/documentary and homage to classic cinema memes, including a parody of the monolith scene from Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey." Breathless headlines about the film include Rolling Stone's "Barbie May Be the Most Subversive Blockbuster of the 21st Century;" The New Yorker's "Barbie Is Brillian...
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