canthidiumJul 19, 2023

[DISCUSSION] Barbie (Spoilers)

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[DISCUSSION] Barbie (Spoilers) - Lemmy.world

Premise: Barbie suffers a crisis that leads her to question her world and her existence. Directors: Greta Gerwig Writers: Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach Cast: Margot Robbie … Barbie Ariana Greenblatt … Sasha Kingsley Ben-Adir … Ken Ryan Gosling … Ken Emma Mackey … Barbie Hari Nef … Barbie Will Ferrell … Mattel CEO Nicola Coughlan … Barbie John Cena … Ken Dua Lipa … Barbie Helen Mirren … Narrator Simu Liu … Ken Michael Cera … Allan Kate McKinnon … Barbie America Ferrera … Gloria Alexandra Shipp … Barbie |RELEASE DATE|RUNTIME|ROTTENTOMATOES|IMDB|METACRITIC| |:-----------|:------------:|:------------:|:------------:|:------------:| |July 21st, 2023|1hr 54m|90%|TBD|82|

Show threadChuckles the CheeseJul 23, 2023
Serious question. Why are some saying Barbie is woke?
Show threadOduseiJul 23, 2023

Because it discusses (and mocks) patriarchy, portrays a matriarchy, talks about the struggles of being a woman in America, and has no male characters that aren’t effete, silly, and impotent.

It’s a great movie.

Show threadboredtortoiseJul 24, 2023

And it also displays what pressures patriarchy causes to men. Even matriarchy is shown as broken (and a metaphor for the reverse in our real world history).

It’s promoting emancipation equally for male/female/anyone

Show threadOdusei
Sure their matriarchy is also broken, but at least they overturned Citizens United and Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company. I’d take a bit of that.
Jul 24, 2023 at 2:46pmWeb
Show threadChuckles the CheeseJul 27, 2023
They did all that in the Barbie movie?
Show threadOduseiJul 27, 2023
They did all that in the first five minutes of the Barbie movie.