Yes, there have been more editorials about a doll than about a bomb.
Why did Barbie complain about cognitive dissonance at a Mattel corporate meeting?
Or denounce sexualized consumerism?
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For that matter, was it rude to joke about Proust, the revered French novelist?
And should we care?
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EvenBarbieswag is as inescapably pervasive as it is numbingly pink.
Try entering a bar wearing a hint ofBarbieregalia, and heads turn while the talk swings away from residuals.
Why did Mattel, the toy giant, co-produce a feminist movie that satirizes its own executives?
Hollywood has a right to be glum, which may be whyBarbie evenBarbieswag provides a fascinating distraction.
No character inCasablancaever uttered Play it again, Sam, but we all wore those T-shirts.
Woody Allen even shot a movie with that title.
The normally congenial Clint Eastwood was furious when Eliza T-shirts turned up following the wobbly release ofPaint Your Wagon.
While Barbie and Ken are girlfriend-boyfriend, she is haunted by thoughts of death, not lust.
Fortunately her friend Weird Barbie is conveniently around to help her re-connect with reality, albeit a weird reality.
The studio liked the original ending but Gerwig nonetheless prevailed.
Given the historic success ofBarbie, its doubtful she will encounter any further blowback from studio executives.
Ken, too, may prove evanescent until the sequel.
