Scary, and Not in a “Good” Way

By Glinda

Jacob Black Barbie Doll

This is Mattel’s immortalization of Twilight’s Jacob Black. You know, Werewolf Barbie.

It makes me uncomfortable in ways I have difficulty expressing.

Is it the fact that this is supposed to be targeted to tweens?

Is it the fact that the actor who plays Jacob Black is still a minor, yet is obviously being portrayed as a sex symbol with that eight-pack?

Or is it just that those cutoff jean shorts are so very dorky? Or that he is wearing sneakers with no socks?

Some help here?

This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 at 6:34 am by Glinda and is filed under Accessories, Barbie, Big Bad Business, Boys Will Be Boys, Celebrity Kids, Smells Like Teen Spirit, That's Just Wrong, Toys. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

dgm Says:
November 18th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
It’s definitely the cutoffs, and the fact that the doll is totally smooth underneath. At least that’s what I find so troubling.

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