Stereotypical Barbie's life is falling apart, because the
life of the person who is playing with her in the real world is going wrong.
She goes to see Weird Barbie, who Understands Things.
Weird Barbie explains to Stereotypical Barbie that she has go
on an adventure to fix things and she shows her two shoes: a high-heeled shoe
representing the failed status quo, and a Birkenstock sandal representing the
way forward, namely the discovery and fixing of what is going wrong in her
life. She is asked to choose.
Weird Barbie: You can go back to your regular life and forget any of this ever happened, or you can know the truth about the universe. The choice is now yours.
Stereotypical Barbie: The first one. The high heel.
WB: No. We’ll do a re-do. You’re supposed to want to know.
SB: I don’t.
WB: Mmm. Babe, listen. You have to want to know, okay? Do it again.
SB: I’m not Adventure Barbie. I’m Stereotypical Barbie. I’m like the Barbie you think of when someone says, “Think of a Barbie.” That’s me.
WB: I just gave you a choice so you could feel some sense of control.
SB: So there is no option one?
WB: No! You have to fix the rip yourself. Don’t blame me, blame Mattel. They make the rules. For you see, if you do not find her and fix things, what’s ugly will become uglier, and what’s weird will become weirder. And then you’ll look like me.
Everything falls apart and you ask for help. Once you do this, it's too late. You're given two options: keep going on the path you're on or fix the problem. Except it's not really a choice: you're going to have to go forward. Staying where you are really isn't an option. The path is the path: that's just the way it is. Then you take Step Two, Step Three, ... and it looks like you're exercising choice and control. Really you're just going with what is. Mattel—or God—is really in charge. He made the rules, and His system has got this covered.