Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987) sounded like it must have been in terrible taste after the poor girl died from anorexia in 1983. About her rise to stardom, her illness and her brother's drug addiction, performed entirely by Barbie and Ken dolls. I saw it in 1988 at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Made by Todd Haynes when he was an MFA student.
According to IMDb, it wasn't pulled from distribution until 1990 after a cease & desist order over unauthorized use of The Carpenters' music. I don't know if Mattel would have gone after them.
I thought it was a sad movie once you got past the apparent tastelessness. I found it more emotional than the made-for-TV Karen Carpenter Story.
Here's a link to Superstar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLx9IQ8Z7rQ
And the made-for-TV movie:
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