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smug n stuff
Jul 21, 2016

A Hobbit's Adventure

Pirate Jet posted:

the central conflict is literally solved by "be sure to vote right so we can fill the Supreme Court with women." Nobody tell them about Amy Coney Barrett I guess.

I think it would be a mis-reading to think the situation in Barbie-land at the end of the movie is presented as just, or even good. Helen Mirren says something like, “someday the Kens may have as much power in Barbie-land as women have in the real world.”

smug n stuff fucked around with this message at 13:40 on Jul 22, 2023

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smug n stuff
Jul 21, 2016

A Hobbit's Adventure
I think it’s fairly obvious that the film doesn’t endorse Barbie-land’s matriarchy. The distress it engenders in Ken is the whole reason for the film’s main conflict! Barbie fairly obviously barely believes her ending monologue to Ken—it’s a main reason she wants to leave to become human!

smug n stuff
Jul 21, 2016

A Hobbit's Adventure
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/barbie-oppenheimer-box-office-1235542025/
In their opening weekends, Barbie's audience was 69% female and Oppenheimer's was 62% male.

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