Ep. 120: Barbie

2024-05-29

Nate and Ryan complete the second leg of Barbenheimer with a discussion about 2023’s smash hit Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig. Barbie‘s popularity boom and subsequent backlash and Oscars buzz and subsequent Oscars backlash have come and gone, so we decided it would be a good time to see what it’s like to watch Barbie after the dust has settled, but while it’s still fresh in our minds. We discuss our love for all things Greta Gerwig, the all-out weirdness of this movie, and what we think there is t...

Nate and Ryan complete the second leg of Barbenheimer with a discussion about 2023’s smash hit Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig. Barbie‘s popularity boom and subsequent backlash and Oscars buzz and subsequent Oscars backlash have come and gone, so we decided it would be a good time to see what it’s like to watch Barbie after the dust has settled, but while it’s still fresh in our minds. We discuss our love for all things Greta Gerwig, the all-out weirdness of this movie, and what we think there is to learn about being human from this massively successful corporate commercial.

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Links

Watch Patriarchy According to The Barbie Movie by Pop Culture Detective.

Read Barbie Has Never Been a Great Symbol, but She’s an Excellent Mirror by Andi Zeisler (New York Times)

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