‘Woke propaganda fest’: How US Republicans went to war over the Barbie movie
It’s a mystery. Given that Barbie dolls have long been disavowed by feminists for pushing an impossible female beauty standard, you might expect that it would be American left-wing mobilising against the Barbie movie this week. Instead, it’s the US Republican party. The film centres around...
So why the outrage? Republican Congressman Matt Gaetztook his fiancée Ginger Lucky Gaetz to an early screening in Washington DC on Tuesday. She tweeted a string of criticisms, singling out the film’s lack of depiction of family or faith and the “unfair” treatment of Mattel’s “pregnant Barbie”, Midge (Emerald Fennell). She thought that Ryan Gosling’s Ken displayed “disappointingly low T” [testosterone, which is not typically high in dolls] and said that the film “tries to normalize the idea that men and women can’t collaborate positively (yuck)”. Despite admiring its costumes and Margot Robbie’s leading role, she concluded, “I’d recommend sticking to getting outfit inspiration and skipping the theatre.”
I don’t think they have a mom and pop doll for Barbie. They wanted the movie to be about Ken Instead of Barbie.
