An Egregious Example of Corporate Hypocrisy, Part II : Barbie dolls
Posted: February 21st, 2009 | Author: elena | Filed under: KGOY, PSA, TV commercials, advertising, children, consumerism, corporate hypocrisy, hidden propaganda, new markets, schizophrenic messages, toys | Tags: Barbie, consumerism, corporate hypocrisy, KGOY, mattel, selling, toys | 1 Comment »Last October, I wrote a post unmasking Dove’s corporate hypocrisy and cynicism.
Today, I discovered yet another example of duplicity, this time from Mattel & Barbie dolls.
Watch this video:
And then this one:
Discuss.
Great idea to show these together. I also like how the last line of the second video is, “I believe in being nice.” Because, you know, we can control your behavior as well as your body image. Being nice is the bottom line of femininity.