The Barbie Army

There's a section in The Window Sex Project that the cast and I have affectionately come to call "The Barbie Army." In short, we are getting at the absurdity of women trying to fit themselves into the cookie cutter images of perfection: in style and movement. Previously I wrote about this absurdity:

Absurd like women as plastic Barbie dolls with limited mobility in their movable parts whose sole purpose is to be manipulated to someone else's satisfaction. Absurd like toy monkeys banging symbols. What "Keep It Moving" needs going forward in the rehearsal process is Rockette-precision. Arms this height. Legs that height. Counting out the 5 AND 6 AND 7 AND 8 AND... That section reads best when it is crispy clean as Auzriel's cheerleader pep song resounds "What you lookin' at? Huh? What you lookin at? Do you like what what you see? Do you like what what you see?"

And then I discovered this fantastic footage of a literal Barbie Army -- video footage of the Rockettes in service to the USO. Oh, America... Rockettes [VIDEO]