Article: Plastic princess; Barbie's been an American icon for decades, but you've never seen her like this

If Barbie were alive - and haven't we been made to feel that she just about is - one wonders if, after seeing "Plastic Princess: Barbie as Art" she'd run kicking and screaming into the arms of Ken now that he's back in her good graces or perhaps seclude herself in her Dream House. As Robbin Zella, director of the Housatonic Museum, who helped curate the irreverent and relevant exhibit at the Burt Chernow Gallery there with Leonie Bradbury, says, "It's all about fun, because Barbie is fun."

Mattel, Inc., Barbie's parents and parent company since her "birth" in 1959, might agree with the fun part, but not with the biting satire which addresses the objectification of women, rampant ...

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