Greta Gerwig’s new film “Barbie” is an Adam and Eve story.
The Garden of Eden is a place called Barbieland where the youthful idealism sold by Mattel’s Barbie products exists, uninterrupted, in perpetuity.
Women have all the power and men are accessories.
Everything is clean and made of plastic.
The only conflicts exist between the many men named Ken.
The Barbies are all best friends.
It’s not until Barbie has idle thoughts of death that a serpent is unleashed.
At the advice of Weird Barbie (Kate McKinnon), Barbie (Margot Robbie) exits Barbieland and travels into the real world.
Ken (Ryan Gosling) tags along, only to encounter the forbidden knowledge of the patriarchy.
He returns to Barbieland with books about horses and Matchbox 20 songs, eager to share the good news with his fellow Kens. In the real world, Barbie manages to manifest whatever clothing she might want, and she…
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