Barbie

2001 Space Odyssey parody. Barbieland origin. Girls playing with baby dolls. Stereotypical Barbie appears. Monolith. Everything changes. Before story begins. Perfect world. Every day best day ever. Perpetual happiness. No problems. Perfection established.

Narrator: "Thanks to Barbie, all problems of feminism and equal rights have been solved." Ironic. Theme of reality vs. fantasy, feminist ideals vs. real world, and purpose through imperfection. Perfection meaningless without growth.

Stereotypical Barbie perfect day. Dream house. Beach. Dance party. Kens secondary. All Barbies presidents, doctors, writers. Utopia. Ken wants attention. Beach competition. Before glitch. Paradise feels empty somehow. Something missing.

Thoughts of death. Flat feet. Cellulite. Perfection cracking. Everything wrong. Dance party freezes. Asks about dying. Other Barbies horrified. Malfunction. Must visit Weird Barbie. Something broken. Cannot ignore. Reality bleeding in.

Should Barbie go to Real World to fix herself? Weird Barbie explains: someone playing with her in Real World is unhappy. Must find child. Fix connection. Ken wants to come. Leave paradise or stay broken? Fear of unknown. But cannot continue this way.

Journey to Real World. Rollerblading to Venice Beach. Everything bright, surreal. Ken discovers patriarchy. "It is about horses." Amazed men have power. Barbie confronted by real humans. Mattel CEO, executives. Construction worker harassment. Not paradise. Reality harsh. Both transforming.

Gloria and Sasha. Mother-daughter relationship. Sasha cynical teen. Gloria Mattel employee, unhappy. Playing with Barbie was expressing sadness. Also Barbie and Ken. His insecurity. Her self-discovery. Ruth Handler ghost. Creator relationship. Wisdom coming from imperfect humans.

Real World adventures. Mattel chasing Barbie. Ken learning patriarchy. Gloria and Sasha helping. Prison break. Promise: satire of corporate culture, gender dynamics, philosophical comedy, fish-out-of-water. Commentary through color. Delight in absurdity.

Return to Barbieland. Everything changed! Kendom. Mojo Dojo Casa House. Barbies serving Kens. Patriarchy installed. False defeat: paradise lost. Ken brainwashed Barbies. Allan resistance. Gloria monologue: impossible standards of womanhood. Stakes raised: must save Barbieland and Barbies. Purpose found.

Kens in charge. Beach fight planned. Barbies lobotomized by patriarchy. Mattel invading. Allan alone resisting. Barbie identity crisis. Who is she without perfection? Without purpose? Ken loves her but she does not feel same. Everything collapsing. Multiple threats.

Barbie giving up. "I am not pretty anymore. I am not smart." Lost sense of self. Gloria: "You are so beautiful." Barbie: "I am not Barbie anymore." Identity death. Ken found masculinity but still unhappy. Both lost. Paradise impossible to restore. Crisis of meaning.

Barbie crying. First time. Real emotions. Meeting Ruth Handler - creator. "Humans only have one ending. Ideas live forever." But what is Barbie idea? Perfect impossible. Pain necessary for meaning. Choice to be human or return to perfection. Wrestling with purpose.

Plan to deprogram Barbies. "We are going to have to manipulate the Kens." Synthesis: using femininity as power, accepting imperfection as strength, finding purpose beyond perfection. Gloria speech reaches Barbies. Waking up. Sisterhood returning. Strategy working.

Beach battle. Kens fighting each other. Barbies take control. "You are Kenough." Kens have identity too. Vote to restore equality. Ken and Barbie talk. "I only exist within your gaze." Both learning. Mattel CEO apologizing. Balance restored. Everyone growing.

Barbie becomes human. Doctor appointment. "I am here to see my gynecologist." Barbara Handler. Choosing imperfection, mortality, meaning. Real World. Gloria and Sasha. Perfect Barbie became real woman. Purpose through humanity. Growth over perfection. Identity chosen. Complete transformation.