dannno
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I haven't seen it, but a lot of people on the right are saying the Barbie movie is "based", some calling it "accidentally based".
This is a PG-13 movie, not appropriate for little kids.
The movie makers claimed it was a fun movie for everyone after some people came out saying that it was a pro-feminist film once the preview had been released and conservatives were ready to let loose when it premiered, and many have.. not surprisingly, calling it a terrible pro-feminist anti-patriarchy movie.
Yet others on the right are saying it was "based" or "accidentally based".
The movie opens with a scene reminiscent of the famous ape scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey. A bunch of very young girls are in a rock field, all playing with baby dolls, when suddenly a giant Barbie doll towers over them like the giant monolith - promising the little girls ageless beauty, sexiness, parties, birth control and whatever career they want. The little girls begin literally smashing their baby dolls to pieces on the rocks, trading in a life of having and raising children for independence, hook-up culture, career-life and the illusion that they will be desired by men indefinitely. Most importantly, not having to depend on men for resources in order to live lavish lives in their younger years and the illusion that they can just put off having children until "later".
Of course, in Barbie world, all of the construction workers are women. But this makes complete sense, because nothing "works". Barbie takes a shower by standing in a fake shower and proclaiming that she is "taking a shower!" when there is no water coming out of the shower head. When Barbie goes to the real world, all the construction workers are men, and everything actually works, including the shower heads.
In Barbie world, the Kens are all oppressed, they don't do anything besides maybe having a party on the beach. They don't have jobs and certainly don't have any skills. Everything they do is at the behest of the Barbies. Of course, "Pregnant Barbie" has been discontinued.
When Ken goes with Barbie into the real world, he tries to get a good job to make money and impress Barbie. Being a white male, with all this white male privilege, this should be easy, Ken thinks. He goes out and applies to be a doctor, but finds out he doesn't have the education. He tries to become a businessman but finds out he has no experience. As he steps down the economic ladder to more menial jobs that pay very little, he still isn't hired because he literally has no skills, experience or education.
At some point, Barbie tells Ken to stop trying to impress her, essentially to stop "simping" for her. All Ken wants is Barbie, but she has no interest in him.
The film uses the word "patriarchy" to describe the real world multiple times, yet when Barbie has the option of going back to the matriarchal fake world of Barbie land, she chooses to stay in the "patriarchy" of the real world.
Stefan Molyneux gives a pretty good review of the film here if you're interested in more:
https://freedomain.locals.com/upost/4331276/barbie-the-freedomain-movie-review
This is a PG-13 movie, not appropriate for little kids.
The movie makers claimed it was a fun movie for everyone after some people came out saying that it was a pro-feminist film once the preview had been released and conservatives were ready to let loose when it premiered, and many have.. not surprisingly, calling it a terrible pro-feminist anti-patriarchy movie.
Yet others on the right are saying it was "based" or "accidentally based".
The movie opens with a scene reminiscent of the famous ape scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey. A bunch of very young girls are in a rock field, all playing with baby dolls, when suddenly a giant Barbie doll towers over them like the giant monolith - promising the little girls ageless beauty, sexiness, parties, birth control and whatever career they want. The little girls begin literally smashing their baby dolls to pieces on the rocks, trading in a life of having and raising children for independence, hook-up culture, career-life and the illusion that they will be desired by men indefinitely. Most importantly, not having to depend on men for resources in order to live lavish lives in their younger years and the illusion that they can just put off having children until "later".
Of course, in Barbie world, all of the construction workers are women. But this makes complete sense, because nothing "works". Barbie takes a shower by standing in a fake shower and proclaiming that she is "taking a shower!" when there is no water coming out of the shower head. When Barbie goes to the real world, all the construction workers are men, and everything actually works, including the shower heads.
In Barbie world, the Kens are all oppressed, they don't do anything besides maybe having a party on the beach. They don't have jobs and certainly don't have any skills. Everything they do is at the behest of the Barbies. Of course, "Pregnant Barbie" has been discontinued.
When Ken goes with Barbie into the real world, he tries to get a good job to make money and impress Barbie. Being a white male, with all this white male privilege, this should be easy, Ken thinks. He goes out and applies to be a doctor, but finds out he doesn't have the education. He tries to become a businessman but finds out he has no experience. As he steps down the economic ladder to more menial jobs that pay very little, he still isn't hired because he literally has no skills, experience or education.
At some point, Barbie tells Ken to stop trying to impress her, essentially to stop "simping" for her. All Ken wants is Barbie, but she has no interest in him.
The film uses the word "patriarchy" to describe the real world multiple times, yet when Barbie has the option of going back to the matriarchal fake world of Barbie land, she chooses to stay in the "patriarchy" of the real world.
Stefan Molyneux gives a pretty good review of the film here if you're interested in more:
https://freedomain.locals.com/upost/4331276/barbie-the-freedomain-movie-review
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