The "Barbie" backlash isn't just cynical: The GOP is abusing its own supporters
1 year, 5 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 lie that trans people, merely by existing, somehow pose a threat. The anti-trans argument of the "Barbie" backlash, as with the Bud Light boycott before it, is predicated on the vicious lie that trans people, merely by existing, somehow pose a threat to society. What makes "Barbie" different is that it's a smash hit and an obvious culture-defining moment, meaning that right-wing pundits can get attention by getting their knickers twisted up about it.

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Could Greta Gerwig's Barbie 2 be in the pipeline? Warner Bros chief is game, Letterboxd also approves the blockbuster
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Could Greta Gerwig's Barbie 2 be in the pipeline? Warner Bros chief is game, Letterboxd also approves the blockbuster

Hindustan Times  

Oscars may have snubbed Greta Gerwig-Margot Robbie's duo in the major nominations, but the audience's unfathomable love for the pink-tastic live-action Barbieland has spoken for itself. On March 9, just one day before the 2024 Academy Awards, Letterboxd released its list of ‘Most Obsessively Rewatched Best Picture Nominees of the 21st Century.’ Two out of these Top 10 blockbusters are …

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

BTS' V calls Greta Gerwig's Barbie ‘one of the most impactful films’ he's watched in recent times
1 year, 4 months ago

BTS' V calls Greta Gerwig's Barbie ‘one of the most impactful films’ he's watched in recent times

Hindustan Times  

V on Barbie Recently Kim Taeyhung became the cover model for W Korea magazine's September issue. A clip from the shoot featured someone asking him in Korean, “Have you seen any good movies lately?” The Love Me Again singer replied, “Barbie. It is the most impactful films I have seen recently.” Barbie's box office in South Korea Barbie has beaten …

Column: The ‘Barbie’ movie’s radical message: We all need more ‘Kenpathy’
1 year, 4 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 …

The 'Barbie' Movie Is Ending Relationships Left And Right
1 year, 4 months ago

The 'Barbie' Movie Is Ending Relationships Left And Right

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Barbie.” Come on, Barbie, let’s go break up with our boyfriends. Allison Panetta recently was unmatched on Hinge after she told a guy that “‘Barbie’ is an experience and ‘Oppenheimer’ is just a film.” Got unmatched on Hinge after I told a guy that Barbie is an experience and Oppenheimer is just a …

We’re Living in a Two-Barbie System
1 year, 4 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 …

Lisa Ray slams Barbie, asks why ‘young influencers’ are celebrating the film; Twitter asks, ‘Have you seen the movie?’
1 year, 4 months ago

Lisa Ray slams Barbie, asks why ‘young influencers’ are celebrating the film; Twitter asks, ‘Have you seen the movie?’

Hindustan Times  

Greta Gerwig's Barbie, which released on July 21, has received glowing reviews and a massive box office pull worldwide. Actor Lisa Ray seemed less impressed with the obsession over Greta Gerwig's film and took to Twitter seeking answers. Lisa Ray on Barbie marketing Lisa took to Twitter on Friday evening and addressed the 'woke' millennials as she wrote, “Genuine question …

Oppie's everything, she's just Barbie: Breaking down the lows and lows of Greta Gerwig's blockbuster disappointment
1 year, 4 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, 4 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 …

Greta Gerwig did not expect a right-wing takedown of ‘Barbie’: ‘There’s a lot of passion’
1 year, 4 months ago

Greta Gerwig did not expect a right-wing takedown of ‘Barbie’: ‘There’s a lot of passion’

LA Times  

“Barbie” director Greta Gerwig says she was surprised by the conservative takedown of her feminist feature, but she hopes everyone who sees it can get some “relief.” Emerging from a pink-hued fever dream and a box-office smash, Greta Gerwig is unpacking the success of “Barbie.” One thing the director did not anticipate having to discuss, though, is how right-wing pundits …

Margot Robbie says her friends think she wasted an opportunity in Barbie
1 year, 4 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.’” …

Barbie fans roast Ben Shapiro for complaining about movie ‘while dressed as Ken’
1 year, 4 months ago

Barbie fans roast Ben Shapiro for complaining about movie ‘while dressed as Ken’

The Independent  

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Just 18 Great Responses To People Calling ‘Barbie’ Man-Hating, Feminist Trash
1 year, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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 review: A near-miraculous achievement from Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie
1 year, 5 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: …

Barbie, review: Ryan Gosling steals the show in the most improbable triumph of the year
1 year, 5 months ago

Barbie, review: Ryan Gosling steals the show in the most improbable triumph of the year

The Telegraph  

Anthropologists believe there may be tribes living in the farthest reaches of the Amazon basin who have yet to catch sight of the marketing campaign for the new Barbie film, but for the rest of us the damn thing has been melting our eyeballs for weeks. So it’s an unexpected pleasure to report that Greta Gerwig’s film – while still …

Read the stirring monologue about womanhood America Ferrera delivers in ‘Barbie’
1 year, 5 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, 5 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’ review: A sweet, safe satire
1 year, 5 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 …

Too gay, too weird, too pregnant: The most controversial Barbie dolls in history
1 year, 5 months ago

Too gay, too weird, too pregnant: The most controversial Barbie dolls in history

The Independent  

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How conservative America went to war over the Barbie movie
1 year, 5 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 movie review: Greta Gerwig plays around with a smart satire, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling have too much fun
1 year, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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: …

Right wing blasts "Barbie" for "toxic femininity," "pushing transgender" and communist "propaganda"
1 year, 5 months ago

Right wing blasts "Barbie" for "toxic femininity," "pushing transgender" and communist "propaganda"

Salon  

Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" is all the rage right now but conservatives like Sen. Ted Cruz have rallied against the film, insinuating that it spreads communist propaganda. In a statement to the Dailymail.co.uk, Cruz's spokesperson said, "China wants to control what Americans see, hear, and ultimately think, and they leverage their massive film markets to coerce American companies into pushing CCP …

Ted Cruz keeps attacking the Barbie movie as ‘Chinese communist propaganda’ even though he hasn’t seen it
1 year, 5 months ago

Ted Cruz keeps attacking the Barbie movie as ‘Chinese communist propaganda’ even though he hasn’t seen it

The Independent  

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‘Barbenheimer’: Why the ‘Barbie’ vs ‘Oppenhemier’ phenomenon is a movie event for the ages
1 year, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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". …

'Joyous' Barbie breaks the mould
1 year, 5 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 …

Review: With Robbie in pink and Gosling in mink, ‘Barbie’ (wink-wink) will make you think
1 year, 5 months ago

Review: With Robbie in pink and Gosling in mink, ‘Barbie’ (wink-wink) will make you think

LA Times  

Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” an exuberant, sometimes exhaustingly clever piece of Mattelian neorealism, opens with an extended, heavily trailer-spoiled homage to “2001: A Space Odyssey.” We’re at a drab early moment in the history of the toy industry; for too long, little girls everywhere have had only their sad, uninspiring baby dolls to play with — until now, at this fateful …

Opinion: Yes, Barbie is a feminist — just don’t ask her creators
1 year, 5 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 …

Subversive, smart and pink all over: What to know about the ‘Barbie’ movie
1 year, 5 months ago

Subversive, smart and pink all over: What to know about the ‘Barbie’ movie

LA Times  

If everything seems a little more pink lately, you can thank — and/or blame — Barbie. The Greta Gerwig-directed “Barbie” movie, starring Margot Robbie as the titular doll and Ryan Gosling as Ken, heads to theaters July 21 following a promo blitz that ranges from insurance commercials to a real-life Malibu Dreamhouse on Airbnb. The “Barbie” movie showcases Gosling in …

Forget Barbie Land. Barbie's Best Day Ever was at Sydney's Pitt Street Mall
1 year, 5 months ago

Forget Barbie Land. Barbie's Best Day Ever was at Sydney's Pitt Street Mall

ABC  

Very little is known about the plot of the upcoming Barbie movie, but that has not stopped a crowd of people from turning up to Westfield at Sydney's Pitt Street Mall in the hope of catching a glimpse of stars Margot Robbie, America Ferrera, Issa Rae and director Greta Gerwig. "Seeing Barbie doing all these different jobs — so, you …

Margot Robbie says a jaw-dropping joke was cut from page one of Barbie script
1 year, 6 months ago

Margot Robbie says a jaw-dropping joke was cut from page one of Barbie script

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. Read our privacy policy Margot Robbie has hinted at the risqué …

Margot Robbie says leaked ‘Barbie’ photos were ‘the most humiliating moment of my life’
2 years, 3 months ago

Margot Robbie says leaked ‘Barbie’ photos were ‘the most humiliating moment of my life’

LA Times  

Contrary to popular belief, the Barbie life isn’t always fantastic, at least according to Margot Robbie. In a recent interview on “The Tonight Show,” the Australian actor, who stars as the iconic doll in Greta Gerwig‘s forthcoming film, “Barbie,” told Jimmy Fallon she was embarrassed by the set photos that leaked of her and her co-star Ryan Gosling in their …

Amy Schumer Explains Why She Didn't Want To Be In The 'Barbie' Movie
2 years, 9 months ago

Amy Schumer Explains Why She Didn't Want To Be In The 'Barbie' Movie

Huff Post  

Amy Schumer really didn’t want to be a Barbie girl, living in a Barbie world. The “I Feel Pretty” actor spoke to The Hollywood Reporter, in a profile published Wednesday, about dropping out of Sony’s live-action “Barbie” movie in 2017. “The idea that that’s just what every woman must want, right there, I should have gone, ‘You’ve got the wrong …

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