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He's (Not) Just Ken: The True History of Barbie’s Beau

There's More to That

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Euphoria: A Comparison of Ken and Barbie

Emily Blunt: I wanted to compare notes about this simultaneously iconic and overlooked doll. It was a big reaction to the first appearance of Ryan Gosling's Ken and the trailers for the Barbie movie. She says they're really playing on the sort of, not tension, but the twist of the trope. "Ken is only relevant in so far as he has Barbie's attention or in so much as he's connected to her"

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