Category: DeadGirlSummer
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THE CONVERSATION: Why ‘Barbie’ and ‘The Little Mermaid’ made 2023 the dead girl summer
Ariel and Barbie have quite a bit in common: They’re both frozen in time, and they both yearn to live as humans do. The fantastic seascapes and perfect dollhouses of “The Little Mermaid” and “Barbie” might appear whimsical. But I see these settings – and the characters who inhabit them – as figurations of death.…
Katie Kapurch, Ph.D. 