1969 JULIA Colorforms Dress-Up Kit - Diahann Carroll - Ground Breaking TV - Some Condition buying Issues

I barely know where to start. I guess I'll just go with the basics of the listing....

This is a 1969 Colorforms Toy featuring Diahann Carroll in her TV role: Julia. The items do come in their original box with the original pamphlet, and most of the original plastic Colorform clothes.

The original box is in fair to good vintage condition. There is A LOT of wear to the box, and even a bit of staining. Please see photos as they are part of the item description. But the box is intact.

The cardboard doll and the paper pamphlet are in good vintage condition. There is expected wear for a toy that was used.

The biggest condition issue is the plastic clothes. Like most vintage Colorforms, these don't cling nearly as well as they used to. Originally, the kit came with 22 plastic clothing/accessory pieces. This kit is missing 9 of those pieces. The missing pieces include 3 of the 4 shoes, 2 bracelets, a dickie, and 3 of 4 earrings.

A bit of history. Julia was the first buying US television show to feature an African American access in a "non-stereotypical" role. Diahann Carroll portrayed Julia, a single mother nurse whose husband had been killed in Viet Nam. The show aired from 1968 until 1971. As groundbreaking as the show was, it faced critics from many sides. There were those who thought the role should never have been produced. Others criticized how differently Julia lived from most black women in America. Some thought Julia was too white (even Diahann Carroll remarked in 1968: At the moment we're presenting the white Negro. And he has very little Negroness. Ohers thought the character was too black. And while that is still be debated - it is a fact that Julia brought a professional lead African-American actress into the homes of many people who finally saw themselves represented on prime time TV. Iconic indeed.

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