Column: The beauty of ‘Barbie’ isn’t that men are subjugated. It’s that no one is.
Ryan Gosling, left, as Ken and Margot Robbie as Barbie in the new “Barbie” movie.
I guess they missed all the man-hating, blood-thirsty, flaming garbage feminist indoctrination stuff?Sold. We went after lacrosse practice three nights later. And … mystery solved. They missed the man-hating, blood-thirsty, feminist indoctrination stuff because it’s not in there. Ken isn’t the enemy. No one is the enemy. Barbie doesn’t want Ken to live in servitude. She wants him to go to the beach with his friends. Sometimes she’ll meet him there.It’s telling that this feels revolutionary and terrifying and polarizing to some folks.
“It is literally impossible to be a woman,” Gloria, played by America Ferrera, tells Barbie. “You are so beautiful, and so smart, and it kills me that you don’t think you’re good enough. Like, we have to always be extraordinary, but somehow we’re always doing it wrong.
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