Grasping at straws: the eye of the beholder
23.02.12
It was truly a reign of terror. Arms poked forth from potted plants, reaching desperately toward the ceiling. Heads congregated under the dining room table, hair knotted and tangled. Limbs and torsos were hidden under beds, in kitchen drawers and in bathroom cabinets.
My sister and I had been playing Barbies again.
Why, exactly, we thought it would be fun to dismember the dolls and leave the pieces lying around the house is beyond me. (If I remember correctly, we were trying to freak our parents out. I'm pretty sure it worked.)
But we never really thought about the doll objectively, at least, when we were kids. Our Barbies went swimming with us, were sent flying down hills on sleds and often tragically lost their limbs. I used to think we were just strange, but many of my friends share similar experiences with their Barbie dolls. Nobody, it seems, plays with the dolls the way you're supposed to, at least according to the commercials (i.e. dressing them over and over again).
Source: The Duquensne Duke
Interview: David Lynch
23.02.12
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Source: Sydney Morning Herald
