The ltle-known, real-life backstory behd the Barbie movie's very funny gay Ken joke - Queerty

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• THE LTLE-KNOWN, REAL-LIFE BACKSTORY BEHD THE BARBIE MOVIE’S VERY FUNNY GAY KEN JOKE
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

THE LTLE-KNOWN, REAL-LIFE BACKSTORY BEHD THE BARBIE MOVIE’S VERY FUNNY GAY KEN JOKE

But there’s one gag particular we at Queerty had to know more about, one that’s super gay and—as turns out—a real part of Barbie history…. Among the group are two Kens om bygone eras, and the movie stops jt short of outright llg them “gay Kens, ” but e on—look at them!

They are so gay. This doll jt screams gay, don’t he? His sensibily as a gay artist has shaped and elevated the magaze’s athetic, but he has to keep his creativy check lt Mx be seen as a magaze for gay men.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

But fish strong, as the nflict over Richie’s bathhoe project grows and Mx has to nsir whether ’s too risky for the magaze to speak to gay men, or even gay moments like this, the historil fictn feels not entirely historil. But Allan's marketg tagle, "All of Ken's cloth f him, " backfired when led to mors that Ken and Allan were a homosexual relatnship, acrdg to was disntued around the same time as Midge, but has ocsnally reappeared Barbie lore.

"Earrg Magic Ken was disntued and relled after beg associated wh the gay muny. Acrdg to Dazed, the doll was a big h wh the gay muny.