Barbie's Dream House is a Nightmare

This editorial is titled "Tea for Two", but I really wish everyone would have stayed home from this tea party. I understand that the model is supposed to appear doll-like, thus stiff and made of plastic (one would think this wouldn't be a hard task for a model to pull off) but I think this shoot is a mess. There are a few successful shots out of the bunch that encompass the mood of a depressing life beneath a facade of glamour, such as these:

 

But overall I think the lighting on the model's face is terrible, and she is giving absolutely nothing to the camera. In many shots there is not emotion behind her eyes, so the photos are extremely dull. In the first photo below, the pose is great, the setting is great, but the model's face completely ruins it for me. The second shot had a lot of potential, but the Photoshopping and lighting is terrible, as the model does not fit with the background at all.

You can view the rest of the editorial for Plastik magazine here, but I wouldn't bother. It's more of the same pink background, terrible lighting, and a subpar model.