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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
What's wrong with the "Barbie" film?
(PragerU/Amala Ekpunobi Unapologetic) ALERT: This movie review (character assassination) is by a devotee/employee of insufferable, ever-pontificating, moralist, arch-conservative, rightwing, pro-capitalist, pro-patriarchy, pro-Bible, Jewish-Christian syncretistic radio host Dennis Prager!
As a trans person, I liked Barbie, Dennis-puppet.
But the tear down is fun to watch, and it's the only person giving out the plot points beyond the first ten minutes of the film, which are completely misleading because the movie takes a turn into woke screed, by some accounts. Little girls won't know what's going on, but their parents should. Is this what we want kids learning? Probably. Good work, Greta Gerwig and partner Noah Baumbach. Or is it? Will it cause a backlash from Republicans, Christian fundamentalists, Jews for Jesus, and fellow rightwing hate-radio types?
Barbie: "Wokest" movie of the year?
So I watched the new Barbie movie this weekend and, oh boy, do I have thoughts. Did the movie stay true to Barbie’s original wholesome message that “girls can do anything”? Or did it end up as two hours of woke feminist propaganda?
(Films Express) July 1, 2023. Let's talk about why kids should not watch Barbie. Make sure to watch the whole way through because there are details. The first ten minutes (and all of the trailer) is nothing like the rest of the film. It's a trap. It's all over woke and down with the Patriarchy. Down with it. But since when is the Patriarchy Ken (Ryan Gosling) and his weird, possibly gay friend Alan (Michael Cera)? With Kate McKinnon as "Weird Barbie" and Will Ferrell as the boss at Mattel Corporation or some such. #filmsexpress #barbie #margotrobbie
Alan meets Weird Barbie
(JoBlo Movie Clips) July 13, 2023. Alan (Michael Cera) is probably gay, and Ken is maybe gay but a sexist jerk Barbie (Margot Robbie) is tired of being oppressed by. To live in "Barbie Land" is to be a perfect being in a perfect fantasy place -- unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken. Or Weird Barbie is talking to you. Also starring America Ferrera.
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