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Sooo where's the Barbie discussion at? What did y'all think? (self.movies)
submitted 11 months ago by Uguluk to c/[email protected]
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I'm not sure if there is a bigger platform here on Lemmy discussing new releases, but Barbie was awesome. I had a smile on my face pretty much the entire time. The kens were hilarious. I thought it was a bit heavy handed at times but as a male, I'm sure it's just a bit of ignorance on my part.

Would love to hear what everyone's thinking!

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Great movie, really did a good job of expressing the impossible expectations of women.

What really stuck out to me was barbie comforting ken after he wronged her through the whole film, him not apologizing or trying to right the wrong.

Love the dichotomy of a film made by matel, touting it recognizes the capitalist/patriarchical problems barbie introduces, while simultaneously spending millions making a film and selling it, and actually having a white male ceo