Back in 1999, artist Todd Forstyhe took as series of photos of a Barbie doll, naked. In one picture, the buxom blonde splashed happily in a martini glass; in others, she was stuffed in a blender. It is not entirely clear what Forsythe was trying to communicate with the series, called “Food Chain Barbie,” but a bunch of lawyers from Mattel seemed to interpret the work as saying, “Come sue me!” Which they promptly did. Making the photos was a $1.8 million gamble for Forsythe -- that’s how much he racked up in legal costs. Luckily for him, he was vindicated in 2004 when the courts deemed the lawsuit frivolous, and ruled that Mattel had to... More >>>