This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movie being discussed here wouldn’t exist.
This article also contains spoilers for “Barbie.”Greta Gerwig has made a name for herself as a filmmaker by telling touching coming-of-age stories like “Lady Bird” and “Little Women,” and her hot pink blockbuster “Barbie” is no different.
Borrowing elements from the extensive lore of the famous doll and the brand’s mark on pop culture, Gerwig weaves the idea of Barbie within the parameters of our own patriarchal society and muses on how the expectations of women aren’t so different than what is expected of Barbie.
This realization allows Barbie to finally come of age and come to terms with what it’s really like to navigate the world as a woman.As existential as “Barbie” is as a story, it’s also…
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