As Barbie proves in the movie, not everyone in Barbieland is perfect and in ignorant bliss. Weird Barbie is one of the few ostracized, imperfect dolls. Kate McKinnon plays the eccentric Weird Barbie.

Ruth named the doll Barbie, after her daughter. The first model went on display in March 1959 at the annual Toy Fair in New York City. In Barbie’s first television ad, broadcast that same year ...

Her breakfast is burnt. Her perfectly arched feet go flat. She seeks counsel from "Weird Barbie" (a perfectly cast Kate McKinnon), who tells her that the girl playing with her in the Real World is ...

Inside the biggest change in barbie’s 57-year history–and what it says about American beauty ideals Part 1 Barbie’s dress won’t fit. I’m sitting in a bright pink room at Mattel’s ...