Special Report: Susan Stern on Barbie Nation

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Director Susan Stern discusses her 1998 documentary Barbie Nation which has been re-cut and restored for 2023. It's a great look at the Barbie story as well as how she's been viewed since her inception.

Find out more at https://www.barbienation.com/

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks.
0:06.8	It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.2	Cut it off.
0:25.5	Turn it off.
0:27.6	Turn it off.
0:31.6	Andrew!
0:36.2	4,0,250,000.
0:40.3	Look what we're doing for 4,040,000, 505.
0:43.3	So let's do you.
0:45.3	Oh!
0:46.3	You're gone to me?
0:49.3	Every drag queen's dream, I'd say. We're making this public statement about the connection between Barbie and the decision to get implants and they turn into a horrible nightmare.
1:03.0	What's that thought to do with Barbie?
1:05.0	Barbie, Barbie, my dear, are you a dream? Or are you real?
1:12.6	Late at night when the sun goes down, there you are in your evening gown.
1:18.6	Blue Barbie, you are my idea.
1:24.6	I found a hole in the market.
1:28.3	There was no adult doll with which a child could truly dream her dreams of her future.
1:36.3	You are a very clumsy prince, you know? I'm not marrying you.
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