Mattel CEO: Women are at the foundation of this company! There was a female CEO in the 90s and then another one... at some point. So that's two right there!

Mattel CEO: I am the son of a mother, and the nephew of a female aunt. Some of my best friends... are Jewish!

Mattel CEO: No one rests until this doll is back in a box!

Ken: You guys aren't doing patriarchy very well.
Corporate Man: We're actually doing patriarchy very well
[lowers voice]
Corporate Man: ... we're just better at hiding it.

Narrator: So, Barbie left behind the pastels and plastics of Barbie Land for the pastels and plastics of Los Angeles.

Ken: Out there, I was somebody. And when I walked down the street... people respected me just for who I am. One lady, she even asked me for the time.
Ken: No way!
Ken: Way. And if it weren't for these technicalities like MBAs, medical degrees, and I don't know, swim lessons, I could have ruled that world. But I don't need any of those things here. Here, I'm just a dude. And you know what? That's enough.

Barbie: [in tears] I'm not pretty anymore!
Gloria: What? You're so pretty!
Barbie: I'm not stereotypical Barbie pretty!
Narrator: Note to the filmmakers: Margot Robbie is the wrong person to cast if you want to make this point.

Narrator: Well, the Kens have to start somewhere. And one day, the Kens will have as much power and influence in Barbie Land as women have in the Real World.

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