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to See  Photo of Sam Adams By Sam Adams | Criticwire April 23,
2014 at 2:10PM  Forget the big-screen reboot: Todd Haynes'
samizdat "Superstar" is all you need.  Good news, everyone!
After the box-office success with "The LEGO Movie," Sony
Pictures has had the brilliant idea to turn yet a other plastic
property into a movie: Barbie. Considering that the Mattel doll
is the poster child -- or rather, the impossibly proportioned
woman -- for the horrendous damage done to young girls' psyches
by promoting images of unattainable beauty, she might not seem
the best candidate for big-screen revival, but the press release
sounds positively chipper:  From princess to president, mermaid
to movie star, Barbie has done it all -- through her more than
150 careers, she has gained valuable experiences and shown her
fans that anything is possible for a modern woman.  In her live-
action big screen debut, Barbie will inhabit many of these
roles, utilizing her person