![]() While Ken’s personality is beach, Allan’s personality is empty sandbox. ![]() If Allan were an emoji, he would definitely be this one: □. He is the parentheses in the sentence of life. No, as Barbie emphasizes, there is only one Allan (two L’s), and it’s the one who was introduced in the 1960s with a rainbow-striped shirt, a conspicuous air of awkwardness, and a personality that is, even now, TBD.Īllan is a vibe, if having no vibe counts as a vibe. That one has a mullet and looks like he just walked off set after crushing his guest appearance on an episode of Full House. Taken off the market after about two years, a follow-up Allan was introduced in the 1990s, but his name was spelled Alan, and that obviously is not the same guy. First released in 1964 and touted as “Ken’s buddy” who can fit into all of Ken’s clothes, Allan has been described over the years as a discontinued flop, gay-coded, and maybe some other adjectives that I can’t be bothered to come up with, because this is Allan we’re talking about here and who has the time? Like all the Mattel-inspired characters in Greta Gerwig’s toy de force, Allan is based on a real doll - a real, extremely forgettable doll. He wears a headband evocative of Johnny Lawrence crushes his power-ballad theme song, “I’m Just Ken” and radiates with the Ken-ergy he spoke of so often during the Barbie press tour.īut we are not here to talk about Gosling or any of the other Kens in this movie. ![]() He is the parentheses in the sentence of life.īy now you’ve probably heard or concluded for yourself that Ryan Gosling is incredible in Barbie. Allan is a vibe, as long as “having no vibe” counts as a vibe. ![]()
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