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I watched Barbie for the first time last night and I don’t know what to think… and I like to think!  What were people’s reaction to the movie?

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i enjoyed it. maybe i midwitted it. but i had some straight lols and was surprised to see mattel roast themselves so hard 

the Ken scenes were also a hilarious exploration on masculinity 🤷‍♂️

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That's a good take. As a straight movie it had some flaws, but it was entertaining. Of course we think we have to assess it to see how successfully it delivered a feminist message (being a mainstream movie with ANY such message is a win in my books) but the win will be when we just view women focused films as normal.

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well obviously you are not a "bloke" by my definition anyway as 'blokes' don't ask such good questions, LOL. I do think the idea that we just 'tell women the monologue' & ta da they are free from the myths of the patriarchy was something a high school class might do. But I liked a lot of the gags in the first half.

eg. Will F's talk about how the board were all 'sons of mothers, nephews of aunts...etc'. Would go over many heads (esp men) but is such a common narrative.
The whole 'horse' thing I thought was genius, as well as Ken only being relevant as Barbie's side kick. It was better at illustrating the issue vs any solution.

Love that insight. Obviously I’m a “bloke” and also tend to be overly focused on a single dimension. This is why I ask.