The NYT on Hello Kitty vs. Barbie

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From a bit of fluff by Eric Wilson:

Let's put it this way: Barbie is to Cindy Crawford what Hello Kitty is to Naomi Campbell. One is the conscientious workhorse of her oeuvre, with a heart of gold (or plastic) and an improbably perfect body; the other is more difficult to read, with a sinister streak lurking behind that sweet, beautiful facade.

(Two observations do not a trend make, but I can't help wondering if it's the season for debatable analogies in the NYT. There was an article on an Iowan farmer in the Magazine last week that began, "If salami is the blog of cured meats, then prosciutto is the great novel.")