Opinion: Yes, Barbie is a feminist — just don’t ask her creators
1 year, 8 months ago

Opinion: Yes, Barbie is a feminist — just don’t ask her creators

LA Times  

Almost 30 years ago, when I researched and wrote a history of the people and ideas that led to the creation of Barbie, I had no doubt she would be as talked about in 2023 as she was in 1959, when she first appeared. While I suspect every armchair gender theorist will be deconstructing Gerwig’s movie soon, Barbie’s resurgence of popularity has made me consider her relationship to the various waves of feminism that have pummeled her surfboard since she first took form here in Southern California. Margot Robbie’s best Barbie-inspired looks From Enchanted Evening Barbie to Solo in the Spotlight Barbie, Margot Robbie’s ‘Barbie’ movie premiere looks have been inspired by the doll itself. Day-to-Night Barbie had a pink power suit, a briefcase and came out at the same time as the dolls’ startling new anthem, “We Girls Can Do Anything.” Despite the promise of this message, the women behind the campaign, at Mattel and at Ogilvy & Mather, Barbie’s ad agency, refused to identify as “feminists.” It was still a stigmatized word in corporate America. They may, of course, have had other motivations: According to a 2016 Washington Post article, Barbie’s share of the global dolls and accessories market had declined every year since 2009.

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World Doll Day: Wanna dress up as Barbie or Ken?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

World Doll Day: Wanna dress up as Barbie or Ken?

Hindustan Times  

In earlier times, dolls were crafted with the intention of being shared, much like a chocolate you’d offer someone. On World Doll Day, here’s look at how dolls have inspired different realms of life Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling who play Barbie and Ken in the Barbie movie by Greta Gerwig The moviedom Dolls hold as much popularity as real …

Shakira receives swift backlash from parents over claims that Barbie was ‘emasculating’
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Shakira receives swift backlash from parents over claims that Barbie was ‘emasculating’

The Independent  

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Why Oscar nominee America Ferrera doesn’t mind the ‘Barbie’ haters out there
1 year, 1 month ago

Why Oscar nominee America Ferrera doesn’t mind the ‘Barbie’ haters out there

LA Times  

As film academy members begin final voting for the 2024 Oscars on Thursday, our latest episode of “The Envelope” features America Ferrera talking about how “Barbie” has expanded her opportunities beyond Latina roles and why she loves the feminist debates about her monologue in the film. And Mark, another film that I was really struck by was “Poor Things.” And …

Dressing Barbie was always the best part. Just ask costume designer Jacqueline Durran
1 year, 1 month ago

Dressing Barbie was always the best part. Just ask costume designer Jacqueline Durran

LA Times  

“Weird Barbie could have been in rags or in a crazy costume that was just pieces of things put together,” says costume designer Jacqueline Durran. After “Barbie” came out, Mattel sent costume designer Jacqueline Durran a box filled with its new collection of dolls, each wearing clothes based on her designs for the movie. “I didn’t really question wanting to …

How Margot Robbie overcame a ‘palpable and debilitating’ panic to make ‘Barbie’
1 year, 1 month ago

How Margot Robbie overcame a ‘palpable and debilitating’ panic to make ‘Barbie’

LA Times  

How do you make a story about a ubiquitous plastic doll worth telling? “I have a distinct memory of Margot coming over to my house before we started shooting and having a bit of an actor crisis: ‘How am I doing this?’ It’s the actor equivalent of facing a blank page,” “Barbie” director and co-writer Greta Gerwig says of a …

Life in plastic, is not fantastic. Why Barbie snub is just another day in the real Oscar world
1 year, 2 months ago

Life in plastic, is not fantastic. Why Barbie snub is just another day in the real Oscar world

India Today  

All problems of feminism and women's rights have been solved,” the narrator at the beginning of the film ‘Barbie’ says, while introducing us to the dreamy Barbieland. The ironic 'Barbie' snub After directing the top-grosser film of the year 2023 that dominated pop culture across the world, became an enormous lesson in marketing and emerged as the stronger half of …

"Never forget the system is rigged": Why America Ferrera's "Barbie" nomination is the one we needed
1 year, 2 months ago

"Never forget the system is rigged": Why America Ferrera's "Barbie" nomination is the one we needed

Salon  

“Always stand out and always be grateful. But never forget that the system is rigged.” That famous line from America Ferrera’s show-stopping “Barbie” speech about the impossibility of being a woman may be the easiest to quote from memory on any Tuesday. Grown women watching “Barbie” can relate more closely to Gloria than Robbie’s Barbie because of that monologue. We …

Margot Robbie's Barbie inspired looks to be highlighted in new book by her stylist Andrew Mukamal: 'Culmination of tens of thousands of hours of work'
1 year, 2 months ago

Margot Robbie's Barbie inspired looks to be highlighted in new book by her stylist Andrew Mukamal: 'Culmination of tens of thousands of hours of work'

Daily Mail  

Margot Robbie's iconic Barbie inspired looks will be highlighted in a new book. Margot Robbie 's iconic Barbie inspired looks will be highlighted in a new book put together by her stylist Andrew Mukamal titled Barbie: The World Tour The look was inspired by a classic Chanel runway look which Claudia Schiffer rocked in the 1995 but was never released …

Opinion: Is 'Barbie's' empowering message all it's cracked up to be?
1 year, 2 months ago

Opinion: Is 'Barbie's' empowering message all it's cracked up to be?

LA Times  

Margot Robbie’s Barbie gets words of wisdom from Rhea Perlman as the doll’s creator, Ruth Handler. By the time Rhea Perlman showed up as the ghost of Barbie’s creator, Ruth Handler, I was on board as much as someone who never wears pink could be. I hoped I had — enough so that I watched “Barbie” again, this time the …

Barbie star America Ferrera responds to complaints about feminist monologue
1 year, 2 months ago

Barbie star America Ferrera responds to complaints about feminist monologue

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy America Ferrera has responded to complaints that her popular monologue from …

‘Barbie’s’ influence hasn’t slowed down. Pink Crocs and gender equality, anyone?
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Barbie’s’ influence hasn’t slowed down. Pink Crocs and gender equality, anyone?

LA Times  

One of the earlier images released of Margot Robbie as Barbie before the film premiered in July and went on to create a lifestyle sensation. The trailer promised that “if you love Barbie,” and “if you hate Barbie,” then “this movie is for you.” For those put off by Stereotypical Barbie’s straight blond hair, white skin and impossible figure, the …

Margot Robbie and her husband Tom Ackerley look like Barbie and Ken as they arrived arm-in-arm to a screening of Greta Gerwig's hit fantasy-comedy in NYC
1 year, 3 months ago

Margot Robbie and her husband Tom Ackerley look like Barbie and Ken as they arrived arm-in-arm to a screening of Greta Gerwig's hit fantasy-comedy in NYC

Daily Mail  

Margot Robbie and her husband Tom Ackerley were every inch the real-life Barbie and Ken while walking arm-in-arm to a screening for her hit film, Barbie, in New York City on Tuesday night. Happy couple: Margot Robbie and her husband Tom Ackerley were every inch the real-life Barbie and Ken while walking arm-in-arm to a screening for her hit film, …

Halloween 2023: Barbie is the top costume... here is a look at stars like Kylie and Hailey who have dressed UP as the doll (vote on the best)
1 year, 4 months ago

Halloween 2023: Barbie is the top costume... here is a look at stars like Kylie and Hailey who have dressed UP as the doll (vote on the best)

Daily Mail  

Barbie is the top Halloween costume for 2023. The singer posed inside a Barbie box Paris Hilton has dressed up as Barbie so many times it is hard to keep track - she has said she is the original real-life Barbie So yesterday: Seen in 2001 in pink for a Maxim party in Las Vegas Songbird Kelsea Ballerini dressed in …

Pop culture inspiration! From Martha Stewart's SI cover to Rihanna's halftime show, a roundup of 2023's most iconic moments that make for great Halloween costumes
1 year, 5 months ago

Pop culture inspiration! From Martha Stewart's SI cover to Rihanna's halftime show, a roundup of 2023's most iconic moments that make for great Halloween costumes

Daily Mail  

Taylor Swift concertgoers can repurpose their concert looks for the ultimate group costume Halloween is around the corner. Save yourself some time and money and repurpose your concert looks Announce you're expecting à la Rihanna Rihanna‘s Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show was the most-watched halftime show in history! At 81, culinary queen Martha Stewart made headlines as the oldest model …

Editorial: ‘Barbie’ is a billion-dollar milestone for women in Hollywood
1 year, 7 months ago

Editorial: ‘Barbie’ is a billion-dollar milestone for women in Hollywood

LA Times  

Now there’s Billionaire Barbie. We exulted in 2017 when Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman,” an action movie centered on a female star, Gal Gadot, earned $103 million its debut weekend in the U.S., making it the best domestic opening ever by a woman director at the time. Turns out he had seen the movie and was struck by the moment when …

Women's Favorite 'Barbie' Movie Moments Prove Why The Movie Is So Important
1 year, 7 months ago

Women's Favorite 'Barbie' Movie Moments Prove Why The Movie Is So Important

Huff Post  

"For me, it was when Barbie tells the old woman that she’s beautiful, and she responds, 'I know it.' Moments whenever I feel physically ugly or not accomplished enough, I try to think, 'How would older me look back on this moment?' ""Telling an older woman she is beautiful — it’s so rare to be told this after a certain …

Column: The ‘Barbie’ movie’s radical message: We all need more ‘Kenpathy’
1 year, 7 months ago

Column: The ‘Barbie’ movie’s radical message: We all need more ‘Kenpathy’

LA Times  

Greta Gerwig’s box office hit “Barbie” may be a comedy, but many viewers are taking it seriously. In the film, Ryan Gosling’s Ken feels marginalized in Barbie Land, where Barbies rule everything and Kens are second-class citizens. Spoiler alert: After Robbie’s Barbie and America Ferrera’s Gloria, a Latina mom from the real world, work together to dismantle the Kendom, Gosling’s …

We’re Living in a Two-Barbie System
1 year, 7 months ago

We’re Living in a Two-Barbie System

Slate  

Welcome to the glittering, pink dawn of our post-Barbie landscape. The editor in chief of Human Events called the movie “an anti-motherhood, man-hating tangle of daddy issues.” A critic for the Wall Street Journal said the script was “like a grumpier-than-average women’s studies seminar.” For the New York Post, Piers Morgan declared: “If I made a movie that treated women …

'Barbie' Director Greta Gerwig Responds To The Movie's Right-Wing Backlash
1 year, 8 months ago

'Barbie' Director Greta Gerwig Responds To The Movie's Right-Wing Backlash

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Greta Gerwig said she did not expect the right-wing backlash to her newest film “Barbie” and that she hopes the movie can give people some “relief.” “Certainly, there’s a lot of passion,” Gerwig, who wrote and directed “Barbie,” told The New York Times. I hope that in all of that passion, if they see it or engage …

Inside Mattel, Inc.’s dreamhouse
1 year, 8 months ago

Inside Mattel, Inc.’s dreamhouse

The Hindu  

How does Mattel solve a problem of its own design? She ran.” Barbie accounted for more than half of Mattel’s sales within initial years of launch. India saw Barbie enter the market post the 1991 economic reforms, “cultural norms embodied in both written legislation and in the ―unwritten laws of the Indian public precluded Mattel from successfully selling Barbie‘s gendered …

Oppie's everything, she's just Barbie: Breaking down the lows and lows of Greta Gerwig's blockbuster disappointment
1 year, 8 months ago

Oppie's everything, she's just Barbie: Breaking down the lows and lows of Greta Gerwig's blockbuster disappointment

Hindustan Times  

It feels odd to be on the other side of it. But also, whatever happens in Barbieland - like Ken’s patriarchy takeover - seems to somehow affect sales of actual Barbie dolls in the real world. This inconsistent tone and writing that hinge on convenience is on full display in one of the film’s laziest scenes, in which Barbie first …

Why Greta Gerwig's Barbie is the perfect film for modern day feminism
1 year, 8 months ago

Why Greta Gerwig's Barbie is the perfect film for modern day feminism

India Today  

"Barbie is everything, Barbie is all of these women. Girls can achieve anything they set their minds to, thanks to Barbie," the kickass prologue sets the tone of feminism one would expect from Greta Gerwig's film, Barbie. Remember, a Barbie can be anything - and that's what Greta's film tries to say. For example, when Margot's Barbie goes in the …

Commentary: ‘Barbie’ haters misunderstand what it takes to be Kenough
1 year, 8 months ago

Commentary: ‘Barbie’ haters misunderstand what it takes to be Kenough

LA Times  

Warning: Spoilers for the movies “Barbie’” and “Oppenheimer” follow. As a feminist film, it goes almost without saying that director Greta Gerwig’s summer blockbuster “Barbie” has its haters, largely on the grounds that the movie hates men. It’s a deeply anti-man movie, an extension of all that TikTok feminism that paints any form of masculinity — other than the most …

Margot Robbie says her friends think she wasted an opportunity in Barbie
1 year, 8 months ago

Margot Robbie says her friends think she wasted an opportunity in Barbie

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I was like, ‘I know, I can’t check that one off.’” …

The "Barbie" backlash isn't just cynical: The GOP is abusing its own supporters
1 year, 8 months ago

The "Barbie" backlash isn't just cynical: The GOP is abusing its own supporters

Salon  

For much of the country over this past weekend, the release of the movie "Barbie" was an unapologetically joyous occasion. Like every other member of the GOP and right-wing punditariat who tantrumed over "Barbie," he likely doesn't believe a single word he's saying. The anti-trans argument of the "Barbie" backlash, like the Bud Light boycott, is predicated on the vicious …

Barbie makes her big screen debut to much acclaim
1 year, 8 months ago

Barbie makes her big screen debut to much acclaim

China Daily  

The movie Barbie has been released in China since July 21. Sixty-four years after the first Barbie toy was launched in the United States, a live-action movie is bringing the famous doll to life on the big screen. Barbie, the fantasy comedy which stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, simultaneously opened across China and North America on July 21, receiving …

Just 18 Great Responses To People Calling ‘Barbie’ Man-Hating, Feminist Trash
1 year, 8 months ago

Just 18 Great Responses To People Calling ‘Barbie’ Man-Hating, Feminist Trash

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING You could say “Barbie” fans are going “Oppenheimer” on some far-right criticisms of the film. Late last week, some fans of the patriarchy attempted to discourage people from going to see the new “Barbie” movie, with one critic on Twitter calling it a “two-hour woke-a-thon” full of “nuclear-level rage against men.” Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro seemed to …

The real reason behind the Barbie movie backlash
1 year, 8 months ago

The real reason behind the Barbie movie backlash

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The 2023 Barbie movie, unfortunately, neglects …

Barbie is everything but she's not anti-Ken, just about male fragility and patriarchy
1 year, 8 months ago

Barbie is everything but she's not anti-Ken, just about male fragility and patriarchy

Hindustan Times  

Before the lights dimmed inside the theatre for Barbie, I saw a group of boys hop on to their seats in the row just ahead of mine. The venture into the Real World is a pragmatic narrative decision; where Gerwig's script, co-written with partner Noah Baumbach, is conscious of the play of contrasts. From here on, Gerwig does more telling …

‘Barbie’ or ‘Oppenheimer?’ Here’s where Selena Gomez, Camila Cabello, Quentin Tarantino and Tom Cruise stand
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Barbie’ or ‘Oppenheimer?’ Here’s where Selena Gomez, Camila Cabello, Quentin Tarantino and Tom Cruise stand

LA Times  

Which stars went for “Barbie” and who went for “Oppenheimer” over the blockbuster weekend? It’s the phrase of the summer for cinephiles, movie stars and extremely online people alike: “Barbenheimer.” The same-day release of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” starring Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., has led to the double-feature phenomenon …

Barbie review: A near-miraculous achievement from Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie
1 year, 8 months ago

Barbie review: A near-miraculous achievement from Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Gerwig’s movie begins by playing a brilliant trick on its audience: …

Read the stirring monologue about womanhood America Ferrera delivers in ‘Barbie’
1 year, 8 months ago

Read the stirring monologue about womanhood America Ferrera delivers in ‘Barbie’

LA Times  

America Ferrera talks about her character’s rousing speech about womanhood in the “Barbie” film: “It just hit me as the truth.” Warning: The following contains spoilers for “Barbie.” Anyone who played with Barbie as a kid will tell you that their make-believe scenarios — fights between friends, trips to the doctor, frantic searches for shoes before a fashion show starts …

How feminists are catching up to Barbie: She's everything – and has always been subversive
1 year, 8 months ago

How feminists are catching up to Barbie: She's everything – and has always been subversive

Salon  

The pink trailer for Greta Gerwig's clever, campy meta-comedy "Barbie" was viewed 42 million times on its way to becoming the top grossing movie in the country, proving that the iconic doll is the hottest 64-year-old around. "Barbie was everything we didn't want to be... everything the feminist movement was trying to escape," Gloria Steinem said in the 2018 documentary …

Barbie movie star America Ferrera points out ‘revolutionary’ detail in original Barbie Dreamhouse
1 year, 8 months ago

Barbie movie star America Ferrera points out ‘revolutionary’ detail in original Barbie Dreamhouse

The Independent  

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‘Barbie’ review: A sweet, safe satire
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Barbie’ review: A sweet, safe satire

Live Mint  

In Věra Chytilová’s Daisies, Marie I and Marie II, two women introduced as human-size marionettes, commit to anarchy. Sent to Weird Barbie for counsel, she’s told she must travel to the real world and track down the Barbie owner responsible for her blues. The owner she's looking for, an angsty tween named Sasha, has long since given up playing with …

How conservative America went to war over the Barbie movie
1 year, 8 months ago

How conservative America went to war over the Barbie movie

The Telegraph  

The film’s director, Greta Gerwig, has leaned into the efforts by Mattel in recent years to make its flagship doll more inclusive of all women: in shape, size, skin colour, disability and identity. But they also mock many of Mattel’s past mistakes, like the long-discontinued pregnant doll Midge and Alan, who was simply marketed as a friend for Ken who …

Barbie: A Resounding Closure To The Stereotypes It Has Created Over The Years
1 year, 8 months ago

Barbie: A Resounding Closure To The Stereotypes It Has Created Over The Years

ABP News  

Despite being perceived as a "special toy" and embodying the stereotypical representation of women, Barbie manages to hold a special place in many people's hearts. Greta Grewig's film 'Barbie,' which opens today in theatres alongside Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, is based on the "stereotypical Barbie," who has long been accused of setting unrealistic standards for women. However, as the story unfolds, …

‘Barbie’ movie review: Pastel, plastic, and adorably savage
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Barbie’ movie review: Pastel, plastic, and adorably savage

The Hindu  

Movies have to be fun and entertaining, and also blow our minds out with equal parts of thought-provoking questions and effects, acting, writing and sound. Greta Gerwig’s Barbie does all that and more, offering a 114-minute thrill ride filled with gorgeous eye candy, sharp costumes, spectacular writing, astounding performances and peppy songs. Barbie Director: Greta Gerwig Starring: Margot Robbie, Ryan …

Barbie movie review: Greta Gerwig plays around with a smart satire, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling have too much fun
1 year, 8 months ago

Barbie movie review: Greta Gerwig plays around with a smart satire, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling have too much fun

Hindustan Times  

If there's one thing that the promos of Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie have made it clear consistently, it's that the narrative is far cleverer than what it lets on. Margot Robbie as Barbie in Greta Gerwig's film Having said that, one can't deny the ingenious thought that's gone into the writing of Barbie by Greta and her husband Noah Baumbach. …

Barbie movie review: Margot Robbie & Ryan Gosling are sensational in a film that nearly overstays its welcome
1 year, 8 months ago

Barbie movie review: Margot Robbie & Ryan Gosling are sensational in a film that nearly overstays its welcome

Firstpost  

Films like Barbie want to make sense by not making sense at all, this is the kind of film that revels in its nonsensical nature instead of shying away from it Cast: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Michael Cera, Ariana Greenblatt, Ana Cruz Kayne Director: Greta Gerwig Language: English Spoilers ahead What if a doll that belonged to an imaginary world …

De Los readers reflect on their complicated relationship with Barbie
1 year, 8 months ago

De Los readers reflect on their complicated relationship with Barbie

LA Times  

For decades, Barbie has been a household name and central to the childhoods of many. “Mostly scenarios I saw from the novelas my parents would watch.” Above all, the Barbie doll made Romero believe that she, too, could live in a Barbie world. “They also inspired me to believe that one day I could own a beach house, drive around …

'Barbie'' Shows That Feminism Has Limitations
1 year, 8 months ago

'Barbie'' Shows That Feminism Has Limitations

Huff Post  

Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling star in the Greta Gerwig-directed "Barbie," which has raised the most intriguing question: Is it a feminist movie? Here, the eponymous doll — or Stereotypical Barbie, as the character herself owns — is embodied to perfection by a wide-eyed Margot Robbie, who’s also a producer on the film with Gerwig and Baumbach. Barbie’s beau, Ken, …

Barbie review: Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig's visual confection plays a little too much like an advertisement
1 year, 8 months ago

Barbie review: Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig's visual confection plays a little too much like an advertisement

ABC  

Traditional tentpoles just aren't cashing in anymore. Interview: Greta Gerwig on RN's The Screen Show Photo shows The director Greta Gerwig, actors Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in cowgirl/boy outfits all standing and laughing At the centre of it all is Stereotypical Barbie, who wakes each morning to a cheery chorus of greetings from her peers. Barbie's world is crumbling: …

Why Margot Robbie is being criticized for her "mid" looks, despite embodying perfect Barbie doll
1 year, 8 months ago

Why Margot Robbie is being criticized for her "mid" looks, despite embodying perfect Barbie doll

Salon  

"Barbie"-mania has flooded our everyday lives – from Barbie's international press tour and Margot Robbie's stunning and doll-like red carpet looks mimicking different Barbies to Ryan Gosling's charming "Ken-ergy" bit. Last week, Robbie was trending for days on social media for her "Barbie" looks but also in darker internet fashion – she was trending because people were discussing how... mid …

Movie Review: She’s Perfect Barbie. He’s Scene-Stealing Ken. Their life in plastic looks fantastic
1 year, 8 months ago

Movie Review: She’s Perfect Barbie. He’s Scene-Stealing Ken. Their life in plastic looks fantastic

Associated Press  

For someone who’s 11.5 inches tall and weighs under 8 ounces, poor Barbie’s had to carry an awfully heavy load over the years on that slender, plastic back of hers. This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Margot Robbie in a scene from “Barbie.” In any case, boy — or should we say, girl — life in plastic looks …

‘Barbenheimer’: Why the ‘Barbie’ vs ‘Oppenhemier’ phenomenon is a movie event for the ages
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Barbenheimer’: Why the ‘Barbie’ vs ‘Oppenhemier’ phenomenon is a movie event for the ages

The Hindu  

The Queen of Dreams meets the Lord of Death this Friday. “Barbie’s aesthetics have gone into the construction of garments, and I believe that when it comes to influence, even the skater skirt can be traced back to Barbie.” Meanwhile, fashion designer Archana Rao says her journey started with styling Barbie dolls. “With Gerwig’s film, it’s about why a film …

Barbie film review: The excellent ‘Barbie’ is a surprisingly cerebral movie
1 year, 8 months ago

Barbie film review: The excellent ‘Barbie’ is a surprisingly cerebral movie

Live Mint  

Barbie film review: Crying occupies more space than you might expect in director Greta Gerwig's highly anticipated Barbie, a movie preoccupied with mortality and the general pain of being a human—specifically a woman—in an imperfect world. At the center of Gerwig's exploration: Margot Robbie's Barbie, a version of the famous Mattel Inc. doll come to life. Rollerblading in Santa Monica, …

Barbie is opening after much fanfare, so what's the deal with Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig's fantasy comedy?
1 year, 8 months ago

Barbie is opening after much fanfare, so what's the deal with Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig's fantasy comedy?

ABC  

When photos of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling on the set of the Barbie movie wearing lurid 80s workout wear leaked online in June 2022, it had the internet seeing fluoro pink. Gerwig and Robbie worked closely with production designer Sarah Greenwood and set decorator Katie Spencer to build Barbie's 'Dreamhouse' and stay true to the hyper-feminine aesthetic of "Barbiecore". …

'Barbie' review: Sometimes corporate propaganda can be fun as hell
1 year, 8 months ago

'Barbie' review: Sometimes corporate propaganda can be fun as hell

NPR  

'Barbie' review: Sometimes corporate propaganda can be fun as hell Enlarge this image toggle caption Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures At some point long before the film was unveiled to us critics, Greta Gerwig's Barbie became more than just a movie based on one of America's most emblematic pieces of intellectual property. Sponsor Message The main Barbie is Stereotypical …

'Joyous' Barbie breaks the mould
1 year, 8 months ago

'Joyous' Barbie breaks the mould

BBC  

Greta Gerwig's 'bold, inventive' Barbie breaks the mould Warner Bros This 'joyous' comedy – starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling – is sure to be nominated for many awards, writes Nicholas Barber. It must say something serious about the state of Hollywood that one of the most feverishly anticipated US films of 2023 is Barbie, an authorised tie-in to a …

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