Anyone remember the semi-controversial “Moschino Barbie” commercial?

fuk u, u tell us.

Kind of progressive, I’d say. Acknowledging young boys can be a bit feminine.

The boy is adorable. It’s a shame the crazies got the commercial canned and the little boy was taken out of show business

He’s adorable. What year was this?

[quote] and the little boy was taken out of show business

He aged out.

I don't find this offensive whatsoever

I remember sending this video link to my gay buddy in Germany, who is an ex-porn star. He told me that this commercial teaches kids to worship materialism. I laughed in his face, he got all mad like a little bitch SJW.

R7 How is that wrong?

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Reminds me of the episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” with the little flamboyant kid who sewed the swastika pillow.

It was a PILLOW SHAM

R4 2015.

There was a lot of outrage from parents and organizations. The commercial was pulled but the doll sold out all over

If the kid got pulled out of showbiz it was probably his good fortune, given what we now all know about what happens to kids in showbiz. Hopefully he found his way back in when he was old enough to defend himself.

"Moschino Barbie is sooo fierce!"

I mean, there *are* butch gay kids, but they're not playing with Barbies. Also, I just learned how to pronounce Moschino. I thought it was like cappuccino.

"ch" is always pronounced "ck" in Italian, R15, and "cc" is "ch".

Bear this in mind next time you're ordering bruschetta, which everyone gets wrong.

I thought it was pronounced MOS-Sheeno

It's a cute commercial.

Poor kids can't even have fun with a doll in these "enlightened times".

For R10 and R11.

R19, that's just one reason Curb is a classic.

We need a Moscow Barbie. Modeling it after Melania will suffice!

The look on Larry's face when the mother says, "Are you trying to make him gay?" Kills me every time.

That also reminds me of the Curb episode with little girl who keeps talking about her pussy. That one had me falling of my sofa.

Nope. I don’t remember where my address book is, why would I remember this?

Cool ad and cool looking Barbie.

Actually, that Barbie looks like a modern-day Instagram “model” with the big “hair,” designer handbag, designer everything.

It's a fact of life. Most gay men after coming out would speak in effy gay voice which they didn't do before. Tom Daley is one good example.

And don't forget the maraschino cherry. It is mar ass keen oh! Well bred people just know these things.

Here’s a wholesome Barbie ad to cleanse the palate:

Of course for today’s young gay boys Barbies are way to louche, the contemporary young gay boys want Wells for Boys to play with.

[quote] It's a fact of life. Most gay men after coming out would speak in effy gay voice which they didn't do before.

Well, duh. They pretended to be straight (aka overcompensated) to fit the "boys don't cry" stereotype of how a "real" man is supposed to be.

When you let go of that charade you are being perceived as "less masculine" (whatever that's supposed to mean) than before you came out of the closet.

‘Valley of the Dolls’ Barbies might be fun for the kiddos. Little pills, wigs that come off to be flushed, booze bottles, Barbie dream rehabs centers, Backstage dressing rooms with furniture to rumble around with...imagine the fun, drama, tragedy and places for young boys to plant their own trees!

pregnant midge!

Barbie had a dog named Tanner that could be fed & that could poop.

Don’t give Mattel any credit for this. They produced the commercial for Moschino upon his insistence, and it appeared on his YouTube channel. It was never aired as a real commercial, and Mattel always distance themselves since. To this day, they live in fear of conservatives boycotting them even though many of the designers and collecting community are gay.

Love his wink at the end.

Aside from the tongue-in-cheek Moschino ad (that never aired on national TV,) are there any examples of effeminate boys shown in a positive light? There are lots of cool girls who are tomboys in commercials, I’ve noticed. But no femme boys.

R35 Mattel lives in fear of alienating conservatives... yet they designed Earring Magic Ken? They've got problems.

I love this commercial lol

R25 I think she looks cool too, and I’m a Barbie-hating, high-fashion opposing, crustpunk lesbian. Even I have to admit, despising commercialised fashion and harmful messages conveyed via Barbies, that the jacket she’s wearing is bomb and I would wear those earrings if gifted them (though the chain strap purse and the brick phone are a little much lol). At least give a gal or a gay the chic classy edgy Barbie, if you must insist.

And I’d have rather got the Moschino doll as a little girl than the lurid tacky ugly roller-aerobics one a tone-deaf relative gave me for my fifth birthday. God, I fucking hated that doll; iirc I cut her hair off, melted her face on the asphalt a la Toxic Avenger, and punked up her shitty leotard with pins and markers.

As for the kid, I adore him. His cheeky little wink at the end is everything.