Gothamist: Borough Barbie

hs

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:17:59 -0500

I don't get the low arches joke.

Judi

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:11:41 -0500

There was a zine in the early 90s that satired Barbies. Mattel shut them down. Love how these ideas get "recycled" every 10 years or so.

okki

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:19:06 -0500

crap like this is not funny to me. (and no, i don't live in park slope. i'm in queens, thanks.)

MC

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:21:46 -0500

Thirded on starfishncoffee's response - I've seen this for Seattle, as well.

MC

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:16:47 -0500

Thirded on starfishncoffee's response - I've seen this for Seattle, as well.

T.R.

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:58:35 -0500

starfishncoffee is right, I just got a Detroit version of this e-mailed to me not too long ago that is basically the same thing.

matty

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:50:10 -0500

i thought snl covered this with gangster bitch barbie back in the early 90's.

Jen

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:43:25 -0500

Hilarious! But UWS Barbie seems more like UES Barbie. I think UWS Barbie would be a single professional lady of a certain age with an adopted Chinese baby.

starfishncoffee

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:38:36 -0500

This same set of Barbies has been floating around for just about every metropolitan area. With the same text, just the suburbs/neighborhoods/boroughs are different (hence the lack of Park Slope strollers, etc). I recently received Austin and Dallas in my inbox.

a

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:35:33 -0500

So one pretty actress gets killed and they tag the lower east side with a 9mm accessory. not only are these poorly photoshopped, they are also not very well thought out. it seems to me that the LES should be represented by a guy with baggy, frayed jeans, a long wool coat and stripey shirt. don't forget the spikey, gelled hair!