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Barbie: who saw it? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Today was the first day that both our kids are in day-care all day. Effectively the end of our parental leave. Me and my SO decided to treat ourselves to a movie and saw Barbie. We figured if the conservative sphere was getting pissy about it, it must be good.

Anyone else see it?

I wasn't expecting much. I have to say, I don't think I could have ever expected this movie to be what it was. It's campy, funny, colorful, and steps on your throat with it's message and hardly let's it off. I say that as positivity as someone can.

It's amusing to me that some people think the movie is anti-man. It did make me feel mournful for my daughters inevitable loss of innocence. A corporate, big budget toy advertisement of all things. I think that's the most surprising part. In some ways Barbie is the most unlikely and perfect vehicle for what the movie has to say.

I don't know. It's conflicting because, at the end of the day it's a huge corporate puff peace, but also... What else could deliver it's message to so many people?

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[+] [email protected] -39 points 1 year ago (40 children)

Imho, the Barbie movie is the biggest trojan horse in cinema history. It has nothing that resembles anything "barbie" done previously. For good or bad, it is a success and noone can argue but just think about how many mothers/fathers didn't even think of the age rating of the movie and took their kids to watch a highly politicised story. As it is with many things in life, there's a time and a place for everything, imo, and this sort of approach to ideologies is becoming more and more like religions, where they target the young. Aside from what I personally think about the movie, I don't want my kids to have to worry about politics or anything other than living their lives as kids, innocent and joyful and that we as parents will keep on working in the background to keep them safe and fed and loved, that's it. Being a parent is hard, I tell ya...

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A Trojan horse with neon lights announcing the hidden soldiers and surrounded by anti-Greek protesters.

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