My producers dragged me to see ‘Barbie’ and it was one of the most woke movies have ever seen. My ful review of this flaming garbage heap of a film will be out on my YouTube channel tomorrow at 10am ET.

I normally post news on here but this picture is legit hilarious. Mods feel free to delete if not appropriate 😹

  • KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    It’s preachy, but only because Barbie is preachy. It fits the source material perfectly. All the characters are literally Barbies you have been able to buy for 50 years, so I don’t know how people could be upset. Mattel is run by all dudes, and Ken is a himbo. All of these things are quintessential Barbie for decades.

    It’s like a comedy version of the matrix, if that makes sense. In one scene Barbie has to choose whether to stay in Barbieland or go to the real world. Instead of a red or blue pill, she has to choose between a high heel or a Birkenstock sandal.

    It’s actually a pretty inoffensive mirror to society without many plot holes. Not like Lord of the Rings. Why don’t the eagles just drop the ring in the volcano?!?

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      1 year ago

      honestly lmao at Ben being dragged in, beaten and preached at for nearly two hours with all of this. just perfect, I approve already.

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        1 year ago

        Purely as a thought experiment, I wonder what would happen if we did a Clockwork Orange treatment on him with this movie?

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      1 year ago

      It’s like a comedy version of the matrix, if that makes sense.

      well, Matrix: Russurections was clearly satire, and I laughed through the entire thing, so, yeah, that makes sense to me.