As with the criticisms and arguments over the first black Barbie and what she should look like, the show simply couldn't be all things to all people. It was a truly ground-breaking series, made at a time when black characters rarely had screen space for much more than 'waitress' or 'maidservant'. Chegley: Have you always been a Negro, or are you just trying to be fashionable?Ĭarroll's interview about the criticisms of the show (and how she and the producer handled them) is fascinating. Julia Baker: Did they tell you I'm colored?ĭr. Here is a quote from the show which reflects the language and values of the era, as well as the creativity of the show's writers:
This is so much less common today and so captivating. One interesting aspect is the very young child co-stars who have leading roles. I'd love to watch a few more but sadly, there doesn't seem to be an official DVD release. It was so good - absolutely stands up with today's best shows. I watched the first episode of Julia totally gripped.
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Playing Julia, a young professional woman and mother, she portrayed a captivating combination of light touch charm and absolute confidence. Her stage and screen presence is beautiful. She's a woman who has something to say - in an astute, well considered way. I was immediately totally engaged by her. Once I'd identified who came first in the Mattel family tree, I was keen to 'meet' the real Diahann Carroll.
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Julia doll 1970 Julia the TV show 1968-71 Julia came dressed in her nursing uniform which is a dainty little number with lots of tiny buttons, a metal badge (some sort of nursing gadget?) and a tiny perching nurses cap.
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She does look rather like her caucasian peer but with brown skin colour and afro hair. Mattel's 80s "Black Barbie" is shown here. has a useful article showing Barbie through the ages and including black dolls in many of the decades. She wasn't Barbie before, because she was named Christie. Julia Christie, pictured on My Vintage Barbies website Diahann Carroll with Sidney Poitierīizarrely, although Mattel state that Julia is a likeness of Carroll - a real person, they state on another page that their 1980s release (titled unequivocally "Black Barbie") was the first African-American Barbie. You can see they share the same face mould. Here is a comparison with Christie and Julia. She had the same face as Christie and was named after the exciting new, lead TV role, played by Diahann Carroll in the show of the same name: Julia. So then, Julia was third - released in 1969. She had features based on the actress Diahann Carroll, an African American film star. Called Christie, she was released in 1968.
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She is known as the first, because her features were African-American, and she was the full Barbie height.
The second is formally known as the first. She had caucasian features, but was made with brown plastic as opposed to pink. The first was 'colored Francie' aka 'black Francie' in 1966.
One star of the collection, with a rewarding story, is Julia - the 3rd dark skinned Barbie doll ever released. It's been a lot of fun going through the grubby pile of treasures and restoring them to their former glory with the help of beams of sunlight, puffs of steam and stitches in time. Last week a big box (with a very hefty customs fee slapped on it) arrived from America. I wonder if her Julia TV show might be released as a historical piece - it would be amazing to watch the whole set.] I admired her thoughtful intelligence and assertiveness. It was so interesting to research Diahann. Sad to read the news this week that Diahann Carroll has died from breast cancer.
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