Iran has banned the Mullah-infuriating infidel Barbie, the American propaganda doll designed to insult Iranian values. But is this a step too far? Perhaps it’s not Barbie’s fault: after all, she's been corrupted by the Great Satan's American values! And anyway, maybe she’s not really a CIA operative after all. To prove this point, perhaps Mattel ought to make a Burqa Barbie doll for the Islamic market: she could wear the traditional burqa, and appear modest and appropriate for Muslim social mores, and hence be a fun toy and an appropriate example for Iranian girls, approved by Iran’s repressive fashion police. (They actually have a real fashion police in Iran! No kidding!) In any case, that’s what I’d recommend.
The only problem for Iran with a Burqa Barbie is that underneath that huge, opaque burqa, Barbie could be concealing weapons, secret propaganda materials, listening bugs, spy gadgets, stolen classified Iranian documents, etc.; and because she’s a woman, the Revolutionary Guard dolls wouldn’t be permitted to search her without appearing immodest, so it’s harder to bust her for her espionage and sabotage activities than it would be to bust a regular Barbie. So sorry, Iranian Barbie fans: Barbie’s been busted! And as a result, you can say “bye bye” to Burqa Barbie as well.
Here’s the unveiled story:
Apparently, I’m hardly the first person to think of this. In fact, I’m over two years late! Here’s an article about someone who’s really made them for Barbie’s 50th anniversary:
