Why is the "Dolly for Sue" doll a misfit?

Question

I just finished watching "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" on DVD. I can't see any reason why the doll is a misfit toy. The doll has her own website plus a reference to wikipedia. Wiki states the doll is a misfit due to pyschological reasons. I think that's a load of garbage and not what the show's producers originally had in mind. So my question to you folks is: why do you think the doll is a misfit ?

Answer 1

I've wondered that for years, and you're not the first to ask that question. Check this out:

http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=AhVPcLjZai7v.e7gWL366rvsy6IX;_ylv=3?p=rudolph+doll+misfit

It may have been her hairstyle. Or it could be because she was a redhead wearing a red dress (red and white checkerboard), which would have been frowned upon back then.

Addendum:

Now that I see her picture again, I think it is her hairstyle. Her hair isn't braided, yet the ribbons are at the bottom of her hair, rather closer to the head, as they would normally be for unbraided pigtails. Notice that the Madame Alexander doll nearby has her pigtails "right", with the ribbons near the head.

Answer 2

According to the internet movie data base, "this gripping debate raged on for decades, until official word from Rankin-Bass recently decided the issue: Dolly for Sue is a "misfit" because she has psychological problems - she feels unloved."

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