Barbie in the Nutcracker was Barbie's very first movie. It began a bizarre legacy of crunchy computer-animated Barbie movies that currently total 42 entries, but it is, in many ways, the most iconic. Come with me on this journey of exploration through impeccable girl's cinema.
*Featuring:*
- Nutcracker fun 🥜
- sticking it to the man ✌️
- MANY CGI ballet sequences 🩰
- Tim Curry evil mouse 🐁
- woodphobia 🪵🚫
*Sources include:*
1. A. Michael Noll's 'Computer Ballet' (1965), & BBC Documentary on his work, via @computerartist | https://youtu.be/phVN_HS5Fy8
2. A Michael Noll's website, detailing his computer work | http://noll.uscannenberg.org/ComputerArt.htm
3. Zipes, J. (2007) ‘Introduction by JACK ZIPES’, in Nutcracker and Mouse King. New York, New York: Penguin Books, p. 10. [note: this book was used for sourcing quotes from both E.T.A. Hoffman's original 'Nutcracker and Mouse King', and Alexandre Dumas' version - it contains both!]
4. Evolution of Sugarplum over the Years - @DanceLineBallet | https://youtu.be/2kLgcJFE7GI
5. 1999/2000 Secret Messages Barbie doll Commercial | https://youtu.be/LBU-rVvr4Xw
6. John Cranko's Onegin | https://youtu.be/cEh41EIXNdU
7. Frankenstein – The Creature comes alive (The Royal Ballet) | https://youtu.be/POFQ7gxLwdw
8. Michael Pink's "Dracula" - @AtlantaBallet | https://youtu.be/rZuSBfrQjPA?si=xcg6Xq2m9eBpkcpt
*You can read my Clara/Sephiroth fanfic here:* https://mothcub.neocities.org/fanfic/barbiesephiroth
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