Dee Dee:  Flabby Arms Barbie!  (Looks at Carol scornfully) No micro technology required!  (Back to Patrice) The promo will say something like, "Hide Barbie's droopy triceps with these new, roomier-sleeved gowns."  We can duplicate the gowns of our former First Ladies!  Hillary Clinton wore some really stunning gowns to hide her flab. 
Patrice:  Excellent! 

Carol:  (Stands) Speaking of flab and First Ladies, we really should do a Saggy Neck Barbie.  (Talking to the others) Barbara Bush was very self-conscious about her neck, so she wore a three strand pearl necklace to hide her flab.  (Patrice is wearing a three strand pearl necklace.  All eyes turn to look at her.)  Barbie can too!  (Carol follows their gaze, notices Patrice's pearls, and is suddenly horrified.) 

Dee Dee:  (Under her breath) Better make that an assortment of turtlenecks.

Patrice:  (Mortified, she clutches her neck) Moving right along…

Hollie:  (Stands) How about doing Flat Tummy Barbie?  The promo will say, "There's good news on the tummy front!  Barbie's dresses have tummy-support panels."

Patrice:  I love it!  And we'll include control top panty hose in various colors!

Hollie: I'm way ahead of you Patrice.  (Reaches in her briefcase and pulls nylons out one at a time) She'll have black, of course, nearly nude, suntan, pearl--

Carol: (Thinking out loud) Panty hose….tight shoes….bunions!  Bunion Barbie!

Patrice:  (Sarcasm) Bunion Barbie?  Where are you going with this, Carol?

Carol:  (Thinks for a moment) Years of disco dancing in spiked heals have taken its toll on Barbie's dainty arched feet.  She'll come with corn plasters….a pumice stone…and soft terry slippers!  (Everyone snorts in disgust and whispers amongst themselves.)  (Crushed.)  What?  You never appreciate my ideas! 

Hollie: (To Patrice) Rather than doing Bunion Barbie, why not do No-More-Wrinkles Barbie?  Erase those pesky crow's feet and lip lines with a tube of skin-spackle from Barbie's own line of exclusive age-blasting cosmetics.

Patrice:  A line of Barbie make-up….I love it!  You're brilliant Hollie!

Hollie:  I know!

Kimmie:  (Stands -- Trying to outdo Hollie) We must have a Soccer Mom Barbie!  She'll come with a minivan in your choice of robin-egg blue… or white, and a cooler filled with doughnut holes and bottles of pure spring water. 

Dee Dee:  (Holds up a bottle of frapachino) And little bottles of Starbucks Frapachino!

Patrice:  You guys are amazing!

Hollie:  Fifty percent of Americans are divorced, right.  So we really need a Divorced Barbie.  She'll come with Ken's house, Ken's car, his boat--

Dee Dee:  (Picks up a Barbie from the table) And Ken's secretary who broke up the marriage!  (Whacks the doll on the table) Then Barbie will have someone to whack around when she gets depressed.

Kimmie:  If she has Ken's house, car and boat, why in the world would she get depressed?

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