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December 06, 2005
Jammin' in Jamaica
Diane's favorite movie of the moment. This one took over from Disney's Mulan and Robin Hood.
In this 2002 short DVD film, Jammin' in Jamaica™, Mattel™ has Barbie™ in a quandry: how does she get her parents to fly her to Jamaica where her boyfriend's band is playing in something called the Beat the Beat™ contest, so they can win a recording contract with some groovy record guy (who I suspect is the return of the son of one of those executives from Joe's Garage).
Anyway Diane is so into the intrigue, wherein Barbie gets to Jamaica to hang at the beach, party (no sex, no drugs, just rock & roll), and do some cool shopping with her friends who are all shaped like her and dress more or less like her although they ostensibly belong to various strains of the human race, as do their boyfriends who look more or less alike. Some of them even have accents, but of course no one is overweight and every adolescent's skin is immaculate.
Could you guess it has a happy ending? Diane watches this one about twice a day lately.
Posted by Mark at December 6, 2005 10:25 PM
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I wonder if this is because she is trying to figure it out or is learning the English? I watched it with her a couple of times and was wondering this myself. Maybe it is just the colors and motion.
Had a good time catching up on your blog, by the way, just now.
Love, Mom
Posted by: Teena Tuenge at December 21, 2005 02:17 PM