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    Barbie Rips Off Aqua's "Barbie Girl" For Her Own "Do The Barbie" Dance

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    Image of samethingwedoeverynightpinky samethingwedoeverynightpinky
    08/29/09

    In reply to Barbie Rips Off Aqua's "Barbie Girl" For Her Own "Do The Barbie" Dance
    I always thought Barbie Girl was intended as a satirical joke at Barbie's expense. Was that just youthful naivete/ wishful thinking?
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    Image of NellMood NellMood
    08/29/09

    @samethingwedoeverynightpinky: No, I think you're right. You'd think Mattel would pick up on that, too.
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    Image of samethingwedoeverynightpinky samethingwedoeverynightpinky
    08/29/09

    @NellMood: Yeah. I'm trying to figure out who this ad is aimed at. It seems people old enough to remember/enjoy the Aqua song would be out of the Barbie buying demographic, and would think this song was pretty dumb because it didn't realize the original song was making fun of it. And if the kids they're trying to sell to don't remember the song anyway, what's the point of bringing it back? Were they just too lazy to write their own song about Barbie from scratch?
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    Image of NellMood NellMood
    08/29/09

    @samethingwedoeverynightpinky: I'm guessing they just didn't want to write a new one, honestly.
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    Image of Luckwouldhaveit Luckwouldhaveit
    08/29/09

    @samethingwedoeverynightpinky: exactly - that's why Mattel sued, for trademark infringement/dilution (basically, putting their mark in a bad light). It was a very important case at the time, an early case testing whether parody/first amendment rights would trump trademark holders' rights under the new dilution law. Aqua won, and now apparently is making money off of Mattel. Yay Aqua.
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    Image of ImproperDancing ImproperDancing
    08/29/09

    In reply to Barbie Rips Off Aqua's "Barbie Girl" For Her Own "Do The Barbie" Dance
    Holy crap. The way the Dolls moved reminded me of creepy stop motion zombies. Like in Evil Dead 2 with the headless girlfriend.
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    Image of cirocco cirocco
    08/29/09

    @ImproperDancing: Improper indeed.

    It's especially weird when they cut away from the stop-motion dolls to the human dancers. The contrast highlights just how unreal Barbie's anatomical proportions are; the human dancers look weirdly stubby at first, like when you're watching a video in the wrong aspect ratio.
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    Image of Jenloveshercurves Jenloveshercurves
    08/29/09

    In reply to Barbie Rips Off Aqua's "Barbie Girl" For Her Own "Do The Barbie" Dance
    Wasn't the original song making a comment on the way the world and specifically American culture Barbizes it's women and turns them into nothing but living dolls without a real life? That's what I thought, maybe I'm crazy though. In my mind Barbie actually using a song that satirizes "Barbie Culture" is delicious. And sad, very, very sad.
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    Image of EKane EKane
    08/29/09

    In reply to Barbie Rips Off Aqua's "Barbie Girl" For Her Own "Do The Barbie" Dance
    I may be looking to far into it but did Ken just pelvic thrust at 0:14?!
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    Image of TexasCrude TexasCrude
    08/29/09

    In reply to Barbie Rips Off Aqua's "Barbie Girl" For Her Own "Do The Barbie" Dance
    Swing low, sweet chariot. This kind of thing makes me want to die inside.
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    Image of hortense hortense
    08/29/09

    @TexasCrude: It doesn't make you feel "doll'icious?"
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    Image of TexasCrude TexasCrude
    08/29/09

    @hortense: If by Doll'icious you mean Wanna-Commit-Multiple-Arsons'icious..., why yes. Yes, indeed.
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    Image of NellMood NellMood
    08/29/09

    @TexasCrude: That's actually exactly what Doll'icious means. This song is very dark.
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