Midge’s husband Allan is another once-discontinued doll returning in Greta Gerwig’s film. But he’s just Allan.
were released, including one for Midge. Her appearance is notable, as she is one of few characters in Greta Gerwig's film that aren’t variations of Barbie or Ken dolls., which comes out on July 21, will follow Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as the standard figurine power couple, while Issa Rae, Dua Lipa, and Simu Liu are among the many stars playing their various iterations.
Barbie inventor Ruth Handler never wanted the main doll to be a parent, Lord said. Lord added that Barbie was meant to represent “the period in a young woman’s life before she had the responsibility of a family,” so the responsibility of motherhood was then forced onto Midge. Literally. A pregnant stomach was attached to her via a magnet. When opened, Midge’s detachable pregnant belly revealed a removable baby.
According to Verderame, some versions of Midge didn’t reveal whether the baby was a boy or a girl to keep the sex a surprise for children. When doing research for her book, Lord discovered kids would use the pregnancy bump as a storage case for coins and erasers. “I was totally one of those kids that tore apart my Barbies,” Cottrell said. “I’d cut their hair off and draw on their faces and stuff. And she is one of the only ones who never got the chop. She never got drawn on. She was almost pristine, like, the whole time because we just loved her little magnet belly.”
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