There is hope for our culture: Bratz dolls have been dealt a severe blow in the courts, which ruled that they are “ugly beyond conception, and promote values that make Paris Hilton look like Eleanor Roosevelt.” The court also issued an immediate injunction against the planned Eleanor Roosevelt Bratz doll, which the company planned to release to improve its image.
Actually, no. And I’m glad; the courts have no business telling someone their product is too ugly to live, and you can’t forbid someone for trying to market slut-trolls. It would be better if the last Bratz was sent unsold to the landfill because no one bought them. No, it’s a case of Mattel suing the Bratz inventor, claiming he invented the hideous, overlipped monsters while he worked for the Barbie maker.
The story lets us put a name to the Bratz plague – Carter Bryant is the person who invented the plastic doxies. Favorite part of this story: before handing over his computer to authorites, Bryant erased some files with a program called “Evidence Eliminator.” I’m sure that’s a lot more innocent than it sounds.
Why do I not like the Bratz? Because I have a daughter, that’s why.
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