Barbie, the glamorous blonde doll beloved by little girls around the world, is an icon of American femininity. She is also the most long-lived toy on the market, a fact that was celebrated throughout the world when she recently had her 40th birthday.
But in a tiny village in Bavaria there was no celebration, only bitterness and regret.
In the Hausser home, Rolf and Lily ignored the global celebrations and instead complained bitterly, as they have done so many times over the past four decades, about how badly they have been treated by history, or, to be more accurate, by Barbie’s secret story.
Like many starts, Barbie is not what she seems. Not only is she older than her official age, but Barbie is not real name, and what’s more, she isn’t even American, she’s German.
Barbie’s real name is in fact Lily. She is 45, not 40, and was born in a small town near Nuremberg. The secret story of the Barbie doll is about small-town naivety against big business determination.
Above all, it is a story of the tragedy of a bitter old man, a man who was been erased from Barbie’s history so completely that only a few people in the world know that he was the true creator of the Barbie doll.
But instead of making a fortune when she became a worldwide success, Rolf Hausser lost everything he owned.
What do you know about Barbie’s doll?
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This may not be the angle you were looking for with this post, but a friend of mine forwarded me a current photo of Barbie, and it is pretty funny....thought I would pass it on:
http://minivanmonologues.blogspot.com/2009/04/if-it-can-happen-to-her-it-can-happen.html
Wow, it is very funny.
This doll doesn't look as well as the doll I wrote about, but it is beautiful anyway.
Where can I get the complete story!
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