I don’t know if people have said this before, but i’ll say it.
While people have rightfully criticized the part where Sasha calls Barbie “a fascist”, this part looks to me as Greta nailing what teenagers (especially 14-17 year olds) are like today. Sasha sounds like a teenager who have just learned what fascism is through history classes (or online).
Teenagers are the most ruthless demographic. And at Sasha’s age, a lot of them just learned ‘heavy’ things but does not have the maturity to process it (or even knowing the meaning), hence, teenagers (ESPECIALLY ONLINE TEENAGERS) having questionable ideologies/worldviews and performative activism that usually went away as they grow up.
Sasha is simply a teenager from our time, that’s it. That’s what this scene is saying. Whether you want to interpret it as a callout to teens or not, your choice.
It’s also a scene that shows generational gap between Gloria and Sasha too, and also Barbie’s reaction comes off as her being shocked that teenagers nowadays are ruthless kids who ‘don’t play with dolls anymore’.
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Holy shit did you guys know that if you Google Barbie rn it turns the google page pink and also you get cute pink fireworks all over your screen!!!
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I just did a “which person from the barbie movie r u” quiz cause I was bored, and the first line of my character result is “You are sad, depressed, and hopeless.”
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hey Alan!! did you watch the live action Barbie movie? what did you think of it? also i love how coincidentally you share a name with one of the male Barbie dolls (Allan, Ken's friend) :D P.S. do you think there's a Nutcracker cameo in the movie? bc i haven't spotted him 😔
Regarding the Nutcracker, I didn't seem him yet but I'd really be suprised if there was one since the movie seemed to be more about relating the doll and culture rather than relating to Barbie movies and animation.
As for main thoughts, I'm kinda reserving any analysis until I see it on constant repeat once it's on high quality digital media. For now, my main sentiment was that it was good but great since I found myself trying to follow two stories rather than one:
Barbie's story of existential crisis after experiencing real-life issues
Ken's story of changing Barbieland after being influenced by a difference society
My first impression was that I find Barbie's main conflict of effectively becoming more human to not be integrated enough into Ken's main conflict of feeling like a second-class citizen. I would have rather they picked Barbie's story and develop that to its fullest since I like that internal struggle. Maybe some merge of Velveteen Rabbit, Pinocchio, and probably Toy Story, in how Barbie's learns about self-love as an adult and self-identity formation rather than love-from-a-girl and identity-imposed-during-playtime.
However, after seeing it, I couldn't help but feel that the biggest difference-maker in terms of story and character was Ken since it was his conflct that really centered around Barbieland and the Barbies. Ironically, my lasting impression was that this movie was KEN.
Whatever thoughts I have right now, my main thought is that I'd have to think about it more. But, goes without saying, Allan was the best character :D
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Been to Barbie.
Movie about a doll had no right to be this real. Damn. I'm still reeling. Cried a few times.
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what was i made for?
“ophelia” by john everett millais but it’s barbie and for the sake of this concept let’s pretend that there is in fact water in barbieland
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I’d lose interest if I found out it wasn’t about horses too
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“I’m like, ‘Okay, she’s a doll. She’s a plastic doll. She doesn’t have organs. If she doesn’t have organs, she doesn’t have reproductive organs. If she doesn’t have reproductive organs, would she even feel sexual desire?’ No, I don’t think she could,” Robbie said. “She is sexualized. But she should never be sexy. People can project sex onto her. Yes, she can wear a short skirt, but because it’s fun and pink. Not because she wanted you to see her butt.”
Margot Robbie said Ace Barbie Rights with her whole chest.
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