The Banned Karen Carpenter Biopic Was Barbie at Her Most Subversive
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway / Kelly Caminero / The Daily Beast / GettyIt’s Barbie Week at The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, celebrating the doll’s pop-culture history, our favorite Barbie memories, and a certain major movie. Read all of our coverage here!Barbie has starred in numerous films and television programs, and—on screen and off—she’s played countless roles, from doctor and dancer to flight attendant and computer engineer. Yet perhaps her greatest part is the one that the powers-t