TINY SHOULDERS: RETHINKING BARBIE
Hulu, 3:00 a.m. ET
DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE: What a doll! Barbie has been around since the 1950s, and the Mattel icon has undergone endless redesigns, as well as fashion designs, in an effort to make Barbie more relevant, more liberated – and, of course, to make Mattel more money. In 2016, Mattel launched “Curvy Barbie,” the plastic doll equivalent of a plus-size fashion model, and this documentary traces its development and release, while sidestepping most of the backlash criticism. But from Barbie to Apu, what once entertained people innocently is cause for reevaluation by a new generation’s set of eyes.