Mattel — the makers of Barbie — has obtained a court order to prevent the screening of a film showing Barbie as a lesbian. Barbie Gets Sad Too was due to be shown at Mexico City’s Urban-Fest Festival, but Mattel insists the film is “pornographic” and will spoil the doll’s wholesome image.

The Argentine film tells the story of Barbie’s relationship with her Latina servant, the Reforma newspaper reports.

In a related story, Ford Motor Co. has obtained a court order to prevent the screening of a film showing a Ford Taurus’s engine at work. Lube Story was due to be shown at Mexico City’s Urban-Fest Festival, but Ford insists the film is “pornographic” and will spoil the Taurus’s family sedan image.

The German film tells the story of one piston’s sexual awakening when — oh, you get the gist…

[via Ananova]

[update: reader Myria notes, “the original inspiration for what later became Barbie was a German porn doll. Something well known to collectors and hardly denied by Mattel.

So much for wholesome image…”] Wow. You really do learn something new every day…