When I first saw the ads, it sounded dumb and I didn’t give it any more thought - I just had no interest in it. But like the author of that article, the more I read/hear about it, the more interested I am in it - especially since it seems to be pissing off all the very same demographics who cause the majority of our modern problems. I’m not sure if I’m willing to pay theater prices to see it, but I’ll definitely watch it when it becomes rentable via some streaming services.
It’s funny, because my wife and I were just talking about it last night - and she’d mentioned some of this very same stuff.
It was great and surprisingly powerful. I legit cried at one point.
Cishet man here that did not expect to cry at a Barbie movie but man it was powerful.
“There’s content out there that doesn’t cater to my superiority as a single-white-male?! It must be the work of the devil!”
Seriously. The movie is killing it because people enjoy watching it.
Margo Robbie? Hardcore? Count me in!
Do “Christians” who would listen to this sort of thing go to see movies that aren’t labeled as “Christian Films” anyway?
(cough cough 700 Club)
Ribbit
What is meant by the sound of freedom in the movie? Does it happen to be a fart by any chance?
The sound of freedom is a hamberder sliding down a wall
They’re right; it is propaganda. It’s corporate propaganda aimed at getting you to buy their garbage. Also known as advertising.
Edit: I’m getting downvoted for this, so I’ll clarify: I don’t think the movie is “demonic” or anything. But it is advertising and advertising is a type of propaganda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda#Advertising
Have you actually seen the movie?
Not who you replied to but I’ve seen it, so I’ll chime in. I liked the movie and thought it had some great messages, but Barbie used to be touted as the prime example of setting unrealistic body expectations for young girls, and this movie smooths right over that, setting up Barbie as a feminist icon. That’s some damn good advertising towards the millennial women it’s aimed at, who are now moms and buying toys for their kids.
I don’t think it smoothed over that at all, personally. I found the movie quite self aware.
In regards to how freakishly, disproportionately skinny all Barbies used to be made? That didn’t come up.
It wouldn’t make for good watching if the movie listed off every issue with the brand. However, there was an entire diatribe about the issue with Barbie being too pretty, setting unrealistic body expectations, and setting the feminist movement back 50 years. That plus the fourth wall breaking narrator voice about Margot Robbie bring a bad choice of they wanted to make a particular point feels like they did address much of that criticism in a way that worked within the confines of the film.
Ok, sure, let’s go with that for just a moment.
How would you describe catholic mass?
Statistically, this was completely ignored.
