Barbie: How Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie & Co Saved Barbie From Being Boxed In

[@thetake]

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[@drewk424]

Every father should take their son to see this movie. It elucidates the desire for women to rise up enslave and subjugate males. That a male's rightful place is at the whim of the female, and that no male should have a position of power. So what this movie teaches is that to prevent this dystopian nightmare future, males should strip rights from women, and abandon the notion that men and women should stand as equals in society. Thanks Barbie movie for opening my eyes.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

An underrated moment from the movie was ‘Depressed Barbie’ with ‘Pride and Prejudice’ (1995) playing. I clapped loudly in the theatre.

[@oxigen85]

Omg I felt personally seen! 😂😂😂

[@800Ms-k6n]

Bro, I actually did the Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme when that showed up. Sadly, I won't be depressed Barbie because I prefer watching the 2005 movie version but I've always liked the BBC version too 😂

[@yonhim8194]

Man i SCREAMED at the top of my lungs in the theaters when I saw that scene. It hits too much close to home. My bf was confused yet laughing 😂 Loved it!

[@selty]

The entire cinema I was in was in tears laughing

[@19Tomma93]

That moment hit hard in the cinema 😂

[@lauraowens01]

"We have to always be extraordinary, but somehow we're always doing it wrong." ...That line was Greta knowing that no matter how perfect she made this movie, it wouldn't be enough for the critics on either side... no matter how many hoops she jumped through with Mattel and Warner Bros.

[@sethcloete4548]

OMMMMWWWWW FACTS ON FACTS

[@Ar1AnX1x]

as someone who's not even the target audience, a movie about Barbie doesn't exactly have you going on with high expectations, so anyone who thinks its a bad movie is really being an annoying person with a political agenda, so many people are purposefully misunderstanding the message in this movie because they're just biased against it, same people who will go and review bomb it on google reviews without even watching it, these are sad and hateful people, it is what it is

[@addisonratcatcher3287]

SOOOOO true omg

[@Roggerrabb1t]

@@Ar1AnX1xurgh, are the review bombs actually happening?

[@matriaxpunk]

The line is a reference to women in general. Inserting that line doesn’t make the movie automaticaly perfect nor does it protect it against fair criticism. Also, the movie is doing great, and only some right wing fundamentalist are critizising it harshly, so that line isn’t even true in this case.

[@bibliophilelady6106]

I wanted Will to be revealed as an escaped Ken. He is so over the top corny and clueless, it seemed an inevitability. Plus, it would have given him motivation to keep Barbie from stealing his real world thunder. My favorite thing about the movie was how enchanted Barbie is with both of elderly women she meets. I feel like they are the reason she chooses her ending.

[@marybr5154]

That would have been brillant

[@_Alimm]

that would've been a good twist

[@Rockabelle]

Oh, man, that would have been hilarious

[@foxesofautumn]

Haha see that's a fun idea! Plus I thought they were setting up Gloria to take his place. What a pity her story kind of fizzled out. This film had a few misses that keep it from being amazing.

[@Morepanthers]

My friend whispered during the movie that would be the twist. It would have been great to see will Ferrell back in Barbieland beaching with the Kens at the end lol

[@jazziered142]

The lady on the bench scene was the best scene in the movie to me. It literally made me cry. I am now in my twilight years, and I still have beauty. I am never going to let anyone take that from me. I literally felt like she was speaking to me when she said that line.

[@Lbbrooke]

That was the moment I cried too. Beautiful 💛

[@lorienator]

This comment also made me tear up!

[@beybladebaby]

it was such an important scene! I'm glad she fought to keep it in

[@christinacody8653]

Isn't that the real Barbara Handler? I thought that I heard it was her cameo.

[@Tonabillity]

OK, it’s the REPLIES that are producing my KenTears 😭

[@fitzofpassion]

My favorite line from the movie was something like “mother’s stand still so that daughters can look back and see how far they’ve gone”. It’s so great at crystallizing the message that Barbie is an idea and a product of her society’s time, every time. We can look at the Barbie representation from different decades and use it as a measuring stick for how things were generally at that time. 1960s Barbie is solid in time, standing still, but her newest iterations are inspiring in a new way. ❤

[@marplu]

This quote was so fake deep to me and makes it sound like your life stops when you become a mother. No

[@fitzofpassion]

@@marplu I saw it as more “your mother’s Barbies” are not your own, as in society progresses and gets better with each generation. Your mom doesn’t stop living, but she is, in fact, no longer a little girl playing with dolls and being indoctrinated into a concept of gender, and neither are you, but your kids are/will be. We can work on making this crop of Barbie that much better at representation and uplift.

[@clarasundqvist6013]

Trixie Mattel (yes she named herself after the company) has several videos on her channel going decade by decade and showing Barbie's evolution through time. She's a big Barbie fan in general and you can tell how much knowledge she has, her freakout when she realised she'd actually bought a real first Barbie was super precious

[@Lapusso650]

That was terrible…

[@DanielaGlint]

I loved the scene where Barbie tells the old woman at the bus station that she is beautiful. Society often treats older women like they have no value or beauty and that’s wrong.

[@juanchoresultay2704]

Not much with Asian society though , we mostly treat our elders with respect

[@FreddytheFredFred]

Personal value and sexual marketplace value are different things. The old woman may still be a great person (and admittedly beautiful for an older woman), event though she is not as hot as she used to be. But the sexual attention she may have received during her youth shouldn't be conflated with her real value as a person. If one keeps expecting that high, it can only go downhill from there.

[@DanielaGlint]

@@FreddytheFredFred nobody mentioned sexual market value. Why are you bringing that up?

[@Halo4beatsB02]

​@DanielaGlint the amount of cognitive dissonance is why many women are so irritating

[@ILvIsekai]

Especially in Asia when they are past 25. They are mocked at Christmas cakes.

[@RiverstoneSHC]

I love that scene when barbie tells the old woman she's beautiful and she agrees. So glad they kept it!

[@800Ms-k6n]

I thought the old lady was Ruth Handler that appeared in the end of the movie but turned out that person is legendary Oscar winning costume designer, Ann Roth. I heard that she designed some of the Barbie's dress for the toys so apparently that's why Greta brought her for just a cameo

[@RiverstoneSHC]

@HelloAny1There ahh wow that's amazing 🥰 thanks for sharing that. This film was so considerately made, it's nice to see x

[@francinesanchez5402]

Reminded me of my grandma. I thought “that’s wisdom”. Beautiful to see.

[@wongkengmun1103]

in our times whereby society associated beauty with youth, wonderful that beauty is appreciated beyond age in a movie. Greta u r just so brilliant!

[@Siennaflower]

I'm 67, and I needed to see that scene. I also cried for real when Ruth said, "As mothers we stand still so our daughters can look back and see how far they've come."

[@absolutelynotellen]

"You are Kenough" are the words that got me through the day.

[@falconeshield]

Ordinary Barbie better become a real doll too

[@reannagordon]

My whole theater laughed when he randomly or magically put on that hoodie and saw what it said. I kinda want one now.

[@chanmarr8118]

@@reannagordon😂😂 same. Ken was clearly a favorite and I think my theater was hoping he’d find himself. Ryan Gosling was amazing in this role.

[@basicallymid]

I literally just bought the hoodie. I knew the minute I saw it that Mattel was finna get my money 😂😂

[@panthercat38]

I'm Just Ken is my 3rd fav song on the soundtrack

[@tannerthelo-firemix2608]

i couldn’t imagine this movie without the park bench scene. barbie taking in our everyday experiences, and not taking for granted how profound it is that we’re right here, able to do them….it’s one of the movie’s big tearjerker moments to me

[@amyadams9970]

To me Barbie feels like a story of a young girl becoming a woman, which for a lot of us happens early. All the pink and fun things you love fade away, and reality kicks in, and women that reality sort of sucks when you consider how the world treats its women. But that's how I interpited 😅

A young girl becoming a woman - just like Lady Bird and the March sisters

[@oxigen85]

It totally is! That's why she goes to the obgyn at the end, like adults do!

[@madcena01]

I felt exactly the same, one moment you're a carefree child that loves skirts and girly things and suddenly you start to notice how boys get to keep up being boys and liking their boy things while you are expected to help set the table and not talk while men and boys discuss football lol

[@angelicamorales5002]

I think that’s exactly what it is bc my younger sister expressed those exact emotions and that’s what she automatically got from it . And I felt emotions but didn’t quite put my finger on it bc I am a lil bit older and navigated that with a lot of self reflection already.

[@oliviahaendly2885]

That is exactly how I felt

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Twitter is abuzz with the discourse about Mattel Cinematic Universe but actually what we need is more directors like Greta Gerwig to helm prestige projects with creative freedom.

[@falconeshield]

Twitter is dead. Long live Twitter. It's not the same anymore.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@falconeshieldIt was never ok to begin with.

[@samfilmkid]

Glad somebody pointed this out before me. Whenever a movie does extremely well, Hollywood almost always learns the wrong lesson. I guess if we also get more movies like Oppenheimer, I would be okay with more toy movies.

[@samfilmkid]

Also, why do people still think cinematic universes are a good idea when almost all attempts have been complete disasters? Marvel kept it up for about ten years but even they've been slowly running out of steam since Endgame. The DCEU was a failure, the Kong/Godzilla movies do okay but nobody feels especially passionate about them including the people who make them. Universal's Monster Universe did so terribly that they gave up after just one film! So what makes Mattel think they can be different?

[@cameronfield4617]

Barbie started off as a passion project, that's why it turned out great. It just so happened to be owned by Mattel I can't imagine these new Mattel movies turning out good

[@falconeshield]

Sky Dancers CAN be a good show if taken seriously enough but I doubt Mattel even remembers them. Considering they botched the Shera 2018 dolls and merch after one season and made the og Avatar TLA action figures all focused on the boys, I doubt the Polly Pocket movie is gonna be as great as this one.

[@erikdaniels0n]

The one that has the most potential IMO is actually Daniel Kaluuya’s Barney (yes, as in “I love you, you love me” purple dinosaur Barney), which apparently will be surreal and offkilter and exisential. To be fair, I believe Kaluuya was developing the movie before Mattel bought the Barney IP a few years ago, but still

[@pdzombie1906]

Passion for money?

[@SewTubular]

Mattel has to know the audience for their new movies, which I think is largely going to be kids, so without the adult audience that Barbie has, they aren't going to do that well. ( you would really have to go left field and make an amazing story to get an adult audience on board, but I can't see that happening )

[@DoveJS]

@ninab.4540 The Dreamworks Shera series was so good but the dolls had such blank faces. I was irked, I wanted to get all of them in the hopes they'd make more (especially of Mermista, Entrapta, Scorpia, and Double Trouble), but I couldn't justify the expense and the limited space so I only bought Catra. I maybe should've gotten them and tried repainting their faces but I'm just too lazy and not a good enough artist nor do I have the funds to actually do customs. It's a shame; we missed out on a ton of super cute princesses and other atypical dolls. I kind of wish they'd just done smaller action figures because even if they focused on selling them to girls and boys then maybe we would've gotten more characters. IDK.

[@auwanho]

I actually see Ken’s storyline and another discussion on feminism. Just like women in real world, the Kens have been living under the shadow of Barbies for a long time, and when Ken finally learned about patriarchy, he feels strong and worthy and capable, which in turns he rallied all the Kens to take over the powerful positions and do “dude” things to assert that sense of control over barbieland. However, as revealed later, Ken never really did like those “dude” things, and they actually just wanted approvals from the barbies. This really mirrors the predicament that women faces, as equal opportunities opens up for position in power for women, being a “1950s housewife” or “playing makeup and dollhouses” seems un-aspirational, and girls are criticised for playing barbies instead of playing with chemistry set or doing intellectually stimulating stuff. And thus women feel this pressure to act or preform a certain way, often more masculine, to prove that they deserve the equal rights and respect that shouldn’t actually come with any condition. And somehow, this made women lost their sense of self, which weirdly ties back to barbie’s story arc. And the end we see Ken finally coming to term with being himself, beaching at the beach and doing stuff that he wants, is actually more empowering, than following the footsteps of Patriarchy.

[@juanchoresultay2704]

Sadly even if women try to be masculine several men still dislike it like Shiv in succession (even though she is the worst )

[@anyaaa2801]

Yeah. I think the reverse of both genders was obvious.

[@juanchoresultay2704]

@porter9494 I mean I don’t idolize nor like shiv but there was also another video analysis of Shiv in this channel of how a bad girlboss she is and as bad as the rest of the family in Succession is but what you said is true Shiv is a horrible person

[@leilanidru7506]

The entire roy family are horrible people…thats kinda the entire point of the show. Corrupt rich people. Ken killed a boy and covered it up and logan oversaw the murder/disappearance/ sexual assaults of the “no real people involved” during the cruises scandal. The people who disproportionately focus on one siblings evilness (usually shiv) over the others are hilarious because they end up proving the point they’re trying to criticize. ( The point being that you’re sexist and/or hate women, and disproportionately expect moral sainthood in situations where you let men skate by unscathed….and imo this is has some truth to it).

[@leilanidru7506]

Imo shiv did what to had to do in a world that explicitly doesn’t want women to exist in it. Like they say that out loud several times. Like when she asks her dad something to the effect of why she can’t be at the top and he responds about that’s how the world is. Things like love, children, and emotion become liabilities. That and the trauma her and all the Roy siblings inherited from their parents is what made all of them such interesting characters. Despite literally every one of them being morally bankrupt. Shiv wasn’t anymore opportunistic or backstabby or evil than anyone else

[@sewthernbelle]

I was shocked Mattel let them mention Ruth Handlers tax evasion issues…twice!

[@wwaxwork]

They weren't just her issues a bunch of other executives did the same thing, she's the one that got kicked out of the company though, not the men.

[@panthercat38]

Cause women is players too ❤

[@wongkengmun1103]

Gotta give it to Mattel that they allowed the movie to poke jokes at the company , I don't think Disney would allow that

[@Senate300]

@@wongkengmun1103 Let's be real. Mattel wants a piece of that cinematic universe pie. And thanks to the success of Barbie, they're in business.

[@wongkengmun1103]

@Senate300 at the point of filming there is no guaranteed it will be a mega success though

[@carrie2469]

Most of all, it was absolutely hilarious. Everyone in the theatre was laughing their heads off. Ryan Gosling gave the funniest comedic performance I’ve ever seen!

[@mytruecrimelibrary]

The funniest part in all of this is the faux outrage from "anti woke " grifters. Grown men pretending to be angry with this movie and burning Barbie merch. 😂😂😂

[@Neontheunkown456]

Jokes on them not only are they showing how they are wasteful polluters now but they proved their idiots that are positively influencing Barbie related expects of Mattel stocks and wasting their money

[@white_finch]

Oddly, as a liberal, I don't feel owned by that, maybe they need to buy more merch to burn?🤔

[@SewTubular]

Ken Shapiro spent 43 minutes going on about how much he hated the Barbie movie. And Brett Cooper who works for Ben's company had the opposite take, where she went on about how much she loved the Barbie movie.

[@Bleuryder]

I haven't seen the film yet, but I'm starting to think all these "anti woke dude men" freaking out is vastly more entertaining than the movie. I mean, I won't give a single view to any of them, but I can't deny that I'm curious. (I'd rather give my time and money to Greta Gerwig and more women led projects)

[@Oh_DeER_1_1o1_1]

Ben Shapiro is cringe: internationally 😳 (such as Florida-man)

[@KalCounty]

When America Ferrera finished her big speech most of the women in my theatre erupted with applause. You could practically feel the collective catharsis. The movie feels like it does actually show how these things are true throughout the plot, but punctuating it unapologetically that way really does seem to resonate.

[@AirQuotes]

I prefer Cynthia Nixons' rendition of Camille Rainville's “Be a Lady, They Said.” poem. The barbie speech is a PG version of that

[@samantacarvalho8669]

I left the movie theater with my friends saying exactly what you guys said in this video: if compromising a few things is what it took to make this Barbie movie, then it's worth it. I agree that the movie has a few misses like the plot of the executives, but in general is a fun and important movie to watch. I love the moment when President Barbie swears and she's censured by Mattel's logo. 😂😂

[@PDX-Red]

you are the first comment out of all the barbie breakdown videos and essays i have seen to mention this; i lmao at the bleep. i wasn't expecting a bleep.

[@samantacarvalho8669]

@@PDX-Red me neither! That's why the bleep was so hilarious. 😂😂

[@FabulousKilljoy917]

I just ADORED the Barbie movie; I laughed so hard I coughed, I cried, I felt nostalgic, I just loved it and it really made me wish we had more creative driven movies because I felt that in this film

[@DerekGnarGnar]

The scene where Barbie sits on the bench and her interaction with the old woman was such a beautiful moment in filmmaking and storytelling, that it doesn't surprise me in the slightest that the studio wanted to cut it out of the movie

[@Wonderwoman79G]

Hollywood is youth obsessed.

[@crod9905]

I hope Barbieland is turned into a real life theme park!

[@jonathansarni4424]

The bus bench scene was *chefs kiss* had it not been in, some of the heart would have been taken away from this film.

[@sungu23]

To the people that think the Monologue about woman hood was unnecessary. Please know that for the rest of the world English is a second or third language. I watched the movie and it was well within its place.

[@Haysti2000]

On top of that how is it unnecessary when it sparked so much discourse? Clearly it still deserves to exist because it struck a nerve

[@sungu23]

@@Haysti2000 Aman to that

[@anyaaa2801]

Humankind CANNOT handle the truth. They want to live in a safe bubble and don't want to hear anything that sparks the truth.

[@chrishollingsworth7413]

I’m gonna complicate the Mattel criticism (in the film) a bit here. It’s absolutely disappointing to see the corporation suffer no comeuppance or reflection in the last act but I think that’s deliberate. This happens simultaneously with President Barbie saying things won’t go back to the way they were and then immediately rejecting the smallest of small concessions from the Kens, pivoting to an even smaller alternative. The video kinda glossed over the state of the Kens bookending the movie but Barbieland is fundamentally a matriarchy, a weird inversion of our own world and it seems like it can only function at those extremes (matriarchy or patriarchy.) The kind of sad conclusion that Gerwig is offering seems to be as long as the Real World maintains its disappointing slow ebbs against enforced patriarchy (of which Mattel is a prime example) Barbieland isn’t changing in an egalitarian fashion, either. And if it ever does, it may not actually be Barbieland anyone, that maybe this particular empowerment fantasy doesn’t belong to a more equitable future.

[@MichaelSotoCE]

barbieland cannot have kens in equal power because barbie is not about ken. yes, ken has basically always been an accessory to barbie. it's one of the few things in our society that is like that, i think, considering how many things are basically just for guys, women should have something for them. mattel isn't going to try to force ken on us, give ken an equal platform to barbie, so it doesn't make sense that barbieland would stop being about barbie.

[@Agussssssssia]

I personally really liked how loose and aimless the storyline was. The movie picked up plot points and then dropped them without fleshing them out fully - it felt just as unsophisticated as the type of storytelling I created when playing with my Barbie dolls. It really was like an imaginative child with a weird sense of humour was making up this story as they went along, at it was perfect for the Barbie movie!

[@EmpressJusticeTarot]

Do you think maybe the writers of the movie deliberately made it like this to mimic how young girls actually play with dolls? Everything in this movie seems so deliberately crafted, I wouldn't be surprised if the looseness of the story was actually part of the story.

[@aussiejubes]

I also couldn't care less about the Matel CEO storyline. I found it slightly annoying after the initial introduction to them because I didn't buy a ticket to watch that storyline. I don't care on any level & I really can't imagine anyone ACTUALLY wanted to see a more accountable Matel board storyline fully fleshed out & resolved lol. It feels stupid to me that this is even a thing people are analysing & making videos about.

[@poocrayon4588]

@@EmpressJusticeTarot Do you think that maybe its just bad writing and people are looking to make excuses for it

[@EmpressJusticeTarot]

@@poocrayon4588 Siiiiiiigh...not everything is that cynical. Chill TF out, damn.

[@poocrayon4588]

@@EmpressJusticeTarot Lol you chill out, either the Barbie movie is meangingless in which case dont bother commenting on it or it's not in which case dont be mad Im commenting on it

[@godnoble]

I found the only real problem of the movie was that it was too much about Ken. Specifically, in the scene at the end when Barbie goes to talk to Ken about why he's upset & the problems he's caused & all that, it should have been Allan. Instead of yet another seen of a woman having to do the emotional labor for a man, it should have been modeling how men should help each other to be better people.

[@iheartjbgccb]

That would've been nice, but we're not there yet

[@LilacSreya]

@porter9494Nah. Men are coddled AF in this movie. You guys only spread this false accusation against the movie all over internet to purposely bomb it.

[@iateyursandwiches]

​@porter9494 oh brother...at the end of the movie they acknowledge barbie land was toxic to kens and try to change it. You're just mad at the idea that Ken is tasked with working on himself(as was barbie btw) because the idea of doing that for themselves(especially if involves therapy) is absolute unthinkable for some reason.

[@Allison-jj1vq]

@porter9494 Ok newsmax.

[@peterparker9954]

Then it would have been absolute anti-man film

[@ThePonderer]

13:00 I disagree on this idea. The story doesn’t “screech to a halt” for the monologue. That monologue *is* story. I know “show, don’t tell” is the mantra we all parrot, but sometimes just letting a character *give voice to their feelings* can accomplish more than any number of “shown” examples.

[@UnboxingAlyss]

I cannot agree more. I do think they got a bit preachy at times, but that speech definitely wasn't one of those times. While women know and understand those struggles, hearing them said out loud was important to me.

[@Lucario2405]

While the monologue definitely is an important part of the story, it's kind of a weird/bad filmmaking descision to just have one character talk for several minutes to a room full of characters that just stand around and listen. You could basically close your eyes for that entire sequence and not miss anything, which isn't how good cinema works and why people say that the movie comes to a halt for that entire speech. This type of scene would (and likely will before long) work way better in a stage play adaptation tho.

[@antons5302]

It was going on for a tad too long

[@peterparker9954]

It was very ham fisted.... Like patriarchy is bad was hammered on our heads a lot

[@paulojrneto]

Yes, the banality of the character's monologue is precisely what makes it poignant.

[@reannagordon]

Finally a movie that catered to me on a personal level, that reminded me of my childhood and makes fun of how ridiculous the real world is. Yes us, women will watch movies that look interesting and is clearly mainly for us to enjoy. If you look at the demographics, most of Barbie’s core audience were those under 30 (like me 21 & gen z), so millennials and gen z women who grew up playing with Barbie dolls or watching the cheap animated movies are the ones getting our friends, parents, even boyfriends to watch this movie. I don’t get why some people are surprised by the adult jokes in the movie. Anyone who saw the trailers could see that was the main target audience they were appealing to watch the movie. Its nostalgia bait, done the right way, hence its surprising success. Greta and Margot even understood that Barbie doesn’t walk down the stairs cause we as kids didn’t necessarily do that with the Barbie house. Or how they had Margot walking on her tippy toes like the real Barbie doll when she takes of her heels. It’s the attention to details I loved in the trailer. Plus they made Barbieland come to real life. It was like my childhood dream come true. The architecture was absolutely beautiful and I hope they at least get nominated for the best hair & makeup, costume design, and production design categories respectively.

[@Adv18]

Where did you get the demographics from? Because most millennials are in their 30s, not under. And the film was mainly using millennial barbie (I.e referencing dolls and play sets that were released in the 80s & 90s plus using the old 80s logo) Add on to the fact the majority of the audience at my cinema were aged 20-40

[@rokhayas]

i agree with a lot of what you said here but the demographic isn't under 30 lol.

[@rokhayas]

​@@Adv18exactly

[@thesevenkingswelove9554]

​@@Adv18honestly there were millenials but not women from 30-40 in theaters. There were more gen Z women

[@reannagordon]

@@rokhayas my whole theater was mostly young people in their teens- 20s

[@genevieve-with-grief]

I was definitely left wanting with the CEO plot (in my heart I think I expected America to take Will’s place). But for as heavy handed as her moment was… I feel like we live in a time were we need to say things and people need to hear things as plain and to the point as possible. I had to see this the day it came out after finding out that Gerwig directed it. Otherwise I probably would have passed. She could do with her own video. Her Little Women was a triumph.

[@Haysti2000]

YES! I dont care how on the nose it is, we today have the privilege of being connected to each other through the internet which allows us to discuss female issues with no bounds. However, not every woman has or had that privilege and I find a movie about barbie, a character that has sentimental value to women from various generations, is the perfect opportunity to wake women up. This movie had intentions for men but its primary message is to women, dont let everyone walk all over you and grow beyond what you were told you could be. It summarized all the things women have been saying for years and put them into one scene so no one has an excuse saying they were oblivious to womens feelings. I totally agree with you and I am glad that people are not just taking the monologue at face value

[@UnboxingAlyss]

I definitely felt the message was a bit too heavy-handed in some places, but her monologue wasn't one of them. It IS something women need to hear out loud, even though we already know it's true. There are plenty who think it isn't. Those people probably won't be watching the movie regardless, but I still think it was important.

[@peterparker9954]

The hell ? Your idea is stupid

[@evaphillips2102]

Yea making good movies comes second to perpetuating tired ideology.

[@sagepark1170]

that scene with Barbie smiling at the woman at the bus stop is my favorite scene of the movie.

[@LauraSomeNumber]

I honestly felt like the movie spent more time on Kens development than Barbie's her ending felt like an afterthought.

[@snw328]

I loved the monologue. I usually am skeptical of speeches that are too on the nose, but in the theatre, I felt like my experience was seen and validated

[@Ar1AnX1x]

I love how this movie had characters literally turning around, looking right at the camera and saying "we don't hate men" and there's still a whole bunch of people that think this movie is about hating men

[@Haysti2000]

It seems like unless men are the protagonists they will always find a way to make it misandrist. Imagine if there was a movie about a prominent male figure, something of as much emotional value to boys as Barbie is for girls. Clearly the movie is for them and now imagine in the end it still has a message about how women are awesome and deserve their own path and growth. I personally have never seen that (i might be wrong) and I dont even expect men to do this. They get to have an arc in a movie for girls that is genuinely positive and still hate on it. Proper criticism is absolutely fine but to call this movie sexist is a personal choice imo

[@Ar1AnX1x]

@@Haysti2000 a lot of men who whine about "younger generations are p***ies, fragile, snowflakes" are themselves very fragile to the point that they can't stand the slightest criticism of anything they know personally I like the part where Barbie looks at the camera and says "now I have become death, the destroyer of kens"

[@L16htW4rr10r]

As a woman whose favourite part of the movie was Ken (the message for me was a bit too confusing during Grace's long speech imo. Sorry), I was really disappointed how people missed that Kens had to fight for their rights/freedom, just like women in rl. Many people think everything went back to the way it used to be in the beginning, and nothing changed/fixed in the end. It's Will Ferrell who wanted things to return like "normal", not the Barbies and Kens.

[@Femmeaesthetic]

if a man made a misandrist movie, people would still criticise it same thing with misogyny

[@spresso007]

​@@Haysti2000cry more sissy

[@wisemoon40]

It was a terrific movie, I’ve seen it twice! The mother-daughter story was what really struck home to me. I’m now closer to Ruth’s age than the other characters, and I have a complicated relationship with my own daughter. Watching the daughter pulling away IRL and then slowly remembering the closeness she had with her mother was so moving.

[@MickeyGreenEyes213]

I'm so happy they fought to keep the elderly lady on the bench scene! It was literally my favorite ❤

[@anyaaa2801]

I hope Hollywood realizes that movies/shows catered toward women can be as successful as male catered entertainment. I want to see girlie movies full of colors and pink and beautiful outfits ❤.

[@oow1667]

Honestly, when Gloria explained what it meant to be a woman in a world plagued by double standards - I just said, “Finally!“ aloud in the theater

[@nope5657]

"Finally?" It's literally the most outdated rant ever.

[@Lapusso650]

@@nope5657 that means…

[@dina.bo.bina.]

And also the fact that Barbie could see beauty in aging and the elderly woman already embracing herself and her own beauty in age ? No?

[@Angi3_6]

I never thought I’d be excited for a Barbie movie in 2023. Wish I could afford to see it. 😅

[@anavhr]

Patiently waiting for it to arrive in pirate waters!😂

[@ChristinaSimpson]

Drop your Venmo

[@peterparker9954]

It's just 12 dollars

[@anavhr]

@@ChristinaSimpson you’re an angel! Let’s hope @ang3linahj replies!

[@anavhr]

@@peterparker9954 you don’t know anyone’s struggles. 12 bucks can be a lot to someone

[@benwasserman8223]

If you've watched Barbie, you know the "boxed in" line is both metaphorical and physical XD

[@crod9905]

I hope in the inevitable sequel G.I. Joes come out because the interactions between them and Ken would be comedy gold. They could also play a part in how Ken learns to find himself.

[@chrissiem3958]

A line that made me roar with laughter because of how true it is was when Ken was in the real world and told a male exec that he wanted a job simply because he was a male. The exec gets nervous and says that they cant do that anymore, and Ken asks nervously, 'Is Patriarchy over?!' and the exec gets a sly smile and replies, 'No, we just hide it better now...' True as it is everywhere, I still wonder if that was sneaky non-Mattel jab AT Mattel from Greta 🤔😇

[@theorderofthebees7308]

I am so glad That Greta won the battle to have the older woman in the movie - we rarely see older women in movies not looking particularly glamorous just being who they are

[@Logitah]

Barbie meant a LOT to me as a child and it still kinda does. I need to see this film!

[@carrisebear3499]

Can they make a Fast Xi movie and they figure out that they’ve been matchbox toys the whole time? It would make so much sense.

[@susannehuber3996]

I have a question: WHY DOES FEMINISM AND FEMINIST ALWAYS HAVE TO BE PERFECT?? Is it realistic to be perfect? No it’s not. Baby steps … baby steps.

[@savannap5124]

Yes!! My thoughts exactly! I was so proud of this movie, its pushing things forward!

[@georgeprchal3924]

Because we live in a world now of on demand and instant gratification.

[@thesevenkingswelove9554]

Thats what I am thinking, it's a bit preachy but cmon it's still a good movie unlike other people calling it garbage. Also not every thing can be completely perfect

[@Femmeaesthetic]

no one is expecting feminist movies to be perfect

[@Michael-r3d]

Because cultural misandry creates a suicide epidemic, a school shooter problem and so many other issues that can be drastically reduced by treating men equally and not as default evil oppressors

[@NikitaWilson77]

I loved America’s monologue. It clearly stated many of the issues women face with no room for misinterpretation. It highlighted the angst and frustration we feel with her passionate delivery. IRL, people love to act like they don’t understand what women are saying when we express our concerns, so I’m glad they didn’t leave it to interpretation. It spelled out exactly how exhaustive and exhausting these standards are in our society. Some men also love to not listen when women speak our hearts, but they have to hear every word she speaks when they watch this movie. The fact that they used the truth-telling to bring the other Barbies out of their trance is similar to how we help each other become more aware of what’s really going on through social media and conversations about these topics. When women share their experiences with each other we can learn a lot form one another. And with it being a movie about a children’s toy, this was the perfect delivery✨

[@LycanVisuals]

I went into this because I liked Greta's previous work and was interested as to how she was going to make a movie about plastic dolls bearable. After my barbenheimmer double feature I can say it was much funnier than I anticipated imho. The production design should definitely get a nod, maybe even Ryan Gosling if the academy will even do it lol

[@samfilmkid]

I was honestly surprised that people were surprised that the movie turned out the way it did. Guess Greta Gerwig wasn’t as well known as I originally thought.

[@DanaJaneWriter]

I was surprised that Greta Gerwig has made a children's movie, so I'm very disapointed

[@GodsFaveSim]

@@DanaJaneWriterit’s not a children’s movie, it’s for the young adults/adults who grew up with Barbie. There’s a reason it’s rated PG13.

[@anyaaa2801]

​@@DanaJaneWriterI can assure you it's NOT a children movies. Like they literally say vagina and penis in the movie lol 😂. It's pg 13.

[@voightkampffchamp]

@@DanaJaneWriter What a childish thing to say?

[@basicallymid]

This movie hit every corner of feels for me.

[@hardcandy9880]

I think what made Barbie great is that it has nuanced messages for both men and women that arent usually raised in feminist films. Barbie is represented how women were brought up with empowering messages like 'they can be anything they want' but still expected to look or behave a certain way. When they enter adulting, they realize that it's not that easy or simple. The world is full of misogyny and discrimination, and flaws are inevitable. But that shouldnt stop them from becoming great. All those hiccups the world throws at them can be a source of their motivation to make the impact they want and their lack of 'perfection' makes them more well-rounded, enlightened individuals capable of making that impact. Ken represents how real men should not be threatened by strong women, nor that they should feel entitled to have their affections returned. Fake nice guys who simp on women and blatant jerks who look down on them are both forms of toxic masculinity, coming from a place of insecurity. Men dont need to resort to either to validate their self worth. They just need to do their own thing, and that is possible without sabotaging or worshipping the other sex.

[@robbyraymundo10]

This Movie Barbie Remind Us Of Our Childhood Memories. That's Why Become An Expected Blockbuster Hit.

[@DarlingGlitch]

I have to disagree, I think the monologue said by America Ferrera is necessary and not too on the nose. It felt refreshing that all of this pressure that I feel in being a woman finally had a name. I think I’m anxious about my womanhood as much as I love it and could never pin down why. I cried and a lot of people did too because it hits home. Yes, it’s a direct call out but I needed to hear it.

[@lisalionheart1253]

"No movie is perfect" Terminator 2: Judgment Day exists

[@atheon596]

LOTR exists

[@Oh_DeER_1_1o1_1]

Shrek 2, exista, please(?)

[@paulojrneto]

Greta Gerwig directed both the last film I saw in theatre pre-Covid lockdown (Little Women) and the first film I saw in theatre post-Covid (Barbie).

[@niabelizaire3596]

As a Barbie fan, this film did not leave me disappointed. Margot and Ryan both did a phenomenal job! 🩷🎀🎥

[@simpdefendmlady6579]

Barbie fan & femceI. Let's not forget that part lol

[@Lizzy3D]

At the start of the movie, Sasha dislikes Barbie for standing for unrealistic beauty standards. This is never really tackled and it just ends with her 'learning her lesson'. I still think it's valid criticism though.

[@evildoesnotsleep-x2b]

I Kenjoyed it!

[@Oh_DeER_1_1o1_1]

I Allansuport it

[@PokhrajRoy.]

10:54 As of this video, Barbie crossed $500M.

[@Haysti2000]

@@RussianBot-dc6qgits typical for losers to watch videos about movies they hate so they can make one negative comment that will help them sleep at night

[@reannagordon]

I knew Barbie would determine how far Mattel goes with their products. I didn’t even know they owned so much toys. I have no idea how to write a movie about Uno or Magic 8 Ball with some deep personal meaning. If it’s a horror movie where it’s a life or death game, then maybe I would go see it.

[@Sashazur]

You can bet that those other toy tie in movies will suck. Hollywood and corporate America will only take away the idea that a movie about a popular toy with one or two well known stars will make a ton of money.

[@sofiamarin98]

I am a woman, but Ken steals the show. Best character arc. Hate the strategy of using ken's love for Barbie to make them fight each other, but I love they end up friends in "I am just Ken" majestic music sequence. They are just that amazing. We are all Kenough.

[@jeminajoycoetzee3404]

This movie is excellent, and can we celibate Alan, he was such an ally when the Kens lost their minds

[@tiffanypersaud3518]

❤❤yes!!

[@imasarevans725]

I just an hour ago back home with my daughter from watching this movie at the Cinema, my kids love it.

[@samfilmkid]

When you realize that, at its core, the movie is about embracing your imperfections and letting go of living up to an impossible ideal, even the so-called flaws of Barbie start to feel intentional.

[@AA-kd4kd]

I really disliked the movie and am getting a bit tired of people praising it. Its a clear downward for Greta after Ladybird and Little women. There's no complexity in the film, no proper plot and cringey Tumblr lines which I consumed as a teenage feminist. There was so much potential: for example the complex relationship of the mother daughter duo, the Wierd Barbie and how she was sidelined within the Barbie world (which wasn't really perfect I guess?) but they all shoved it under the rug. A good movie is not supposed to be preachy and give you great long speeches about feminism, it's supposed to make you connect to the characters, explore themes subtly and also entertain you thoroughly. This is the laziest storytelling I have seen in a while and only the marketing and the production value saves this movies ass

[@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx]

1. Margot Robbie has been paid $12.5 million for her lead part in Gerwig’s movie. 2. The workers on the Barbie doll assembly line are paid $2 an hour. 3. Therefore, to earn Margot’s money, each worker would have to work 6,250,000 hours. 4. Given their 12-hour shifts six days a week, this amounts to 1,669 years of utterly tedious and repetitive labor.

[@joiedevivre2005]

I am so glad Greta stood her ground and kept that scene with Ann Roth (the older lady on the bench - Google her, she is an awesome lady) in the movie. It was my favorite scene.

[@nn6152]

The funny thing about this is that I saw the movie yesterday. I liked it a lot but today I woke up loving it.

[@alexaofelia2750]

when i left the theatre i said I loved everything except the Will Ferrel plot... while watching the movie i literally never fully understood if they were evil? good? at the start they wanted barbie back in barbie land but then... didnt? i dont even have a critique i was just sooo confused and still am

[@MsAFunk]

I actually loved that about the film! They weren't intended to be good or evil-- just incompetent! It's kind of radical to take that path in storytelling, because audiences are programmed to put characters in those two buckets, without considering Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

[@Oh_DeER_1_1o1_1]

I call it “critipology”

[@alexaofelia2750]

@@MsAFunk i do see what you mean. but it's less that i wanted a bucket to put them in and more so that i just had no idea whatsoever what they wanted/were doing lol

[@oxigen85]

I don't think they were evil, just trying to keep up the status quo so it benefits them.

[@UnboxingAlyss]

I think they were just cartoonishly incompetent. Honestly, I completely forgot about them twice during my viewing.

[@MarioLanzas.]

The monologue by America Ferrara was indeed too on the nose, it felt a little preachy and long.😪 like the movie stopped to give an unnecessary disclaimer. it should have been more subtle. The other thing that felt contradictory is the final look f the real world Barbie. She didn't need to change her style and go completely dull to be herself in the real world. wasn´t the message being oneself? other than that, this movie is a lot of fun, it's intelligent, full of satire from different points of views ...and great REAL filmsets. so refreshing in this era of green screens.

[@gigglebox365]

really enjoyed the movie but yes, the America monologue felt clunky to me (and honestly pretty cringe). and I love your point about real world Barbie's costuming, so true. the implication that self-awareness = subdued fashion is so out of step with the movie's own messaging.

[@trusha_tungare]

So many grown ass men are getting offended by this film, case in point Ben Shapiro. Piers Morgan the 58 year old British journalist said, “ I felt assaulted after watching this movie”…. The movie felt like not a war on ken but a war on men! I understand the movie isn’t perfect but reactions are extreme! The fact that the audiences were divided, with memes like Barbie is for girls, Oppenheimer is for boys! If u r a real Man U would not watch barbie! Like what! The battle of the sexes because of movies! WHY! Both movies are good! Okay!

[@juanchoresultay2704]

There is no gender in watching films specifically of one gender movie and fighting between both, a film is a film for both genders to be entertained regardless of the theme and story or how much the ratio the female and male cast is !

[@thisiswheezie]

It's a Pinocchio story, but from Geppetto's perspective, with Shakespearean symbology. Which is really niche, it literally felt like Titus Andronicus. In fact, I think the message was for Gloria (the Mum) to like not worry about Sasha (her daughter's) ideological interests; just let her be a real person with her own opinions. All this is happening in Gloria's head, she is having a symbolic internal argument with herself, representing Sasha as Barbie and herself as Ruth Handler. I suppose that was the thematic twist and reveal at the end when Barbie asks to no longer be an idea, but be a real person; it's symbolic of Sasha asking Gloria to let go of the idea her as "Daughter", and let her be a real person. It's quite abstract, but bear with me. If you watch the movie this way, it makes a lot more sense. There is no clean ending for the Barbies vs Kens, cos that is the point, the point is that the politics, the ideology Sasha is interested in, doesn't matter, it's a never ending debate. You, as a parent, do not need to have your ideology figured out in order to properly love your children, don't get distracted by the ideology and politics, just love them for who they are, they are Kenough.

[@TheBeatle49]

Thanks for this comment. I hear people saying that Sasha was spewing propaganda but the movie gently mocks her.

[@Ryan78336]

I grew up ambivalent toward barbie, only really playing with barbie if it meant cutting their hair or drawi on their face. All my barbies were weird barbies. One even had hair that had been eaten by a possum…. And when my partner and I went to see this, I balled. Cried like no tomorrow. It was so god damn good I would highly recommend no matter your affinity for barbie. It’s fantastically done.

[@diegofortes5]

The irony of this episode's sponsor was palpable.

[@oxigen85]

Yeah I cringed when the as came up

[@madcena01]

Why, legit question I dont know anything about the sponsor

[@oxigen85]

@@madcena01 some people are attacking the movie that "it's only to sell more dolls" and then the sponsor is "buy more stuff, we help you save a bit of money"

[@UnboxingAlyss]

This is one of the few channels where I regularly skip the ads. They are annoyingly out if place and often tone-deaf. At least some other youtubers attempt to make their ads funny, or entertaining.

[@shinlua]

What I love about the movie is that when patriarchy takes over the Barbies don't turn against each other or blame each other for getting sucked into it. They find strength together, don't blame the other barbies and educate each other. Americas monolog serves the same porpuse. A lot of women have felt these injustices but put into words an presented on a big screen they have more power to reach people.

[@65g4]

I loved the film and the message i loved all the film references especially the 2001 reference and The Godfather one i love Greta Gerwig she is one of my favourite filmmakers right now. I just rewatched Little Women and it is so rewatchable she a master at telling a great story and having fun with her actors

[@pinhead8030]

i love how some of y’all are commenting without even watching the full vid lmao

[@54032Zepol]

Yes people have ideas and thoughts it's called thinking. 🤠

[@pinhead8030]

@@54032Zepol it’s called jumping to conclusions without even watching the vid. you clearly failed in grade school

[@54032Zepol]

@@pinhead8030 you don't think do you? I think the Barbie movie was good I think the Oppenheimer movie was boring, you see that's how it works. At no point the video make references the audience wouldn't know. Do better 👏👏

[@pinhead8030]

@@54032Zepol I’m not. I’m commenting on how people, like yourself, are jumping to conclusions without watching this video. it’s not hard to explain but once again I’ve seen you failed in grade school

[@juanchoresultay2704]

@@54032ZepolYess!

[@beemarron3642]

I loved this movie - don't get me wrong. But I hate how Sasha (Ariana Greenblatt) was depicted as sad and 'goth' in the beginning because she understood the world and the damages of capitalism, and all of a sudden she has a '10 Things I Hate About You' turnaround and conveniently forgets the fact that capitalism and patriarchy go hand in hand. You can still know and acknowledge that a little better AND enjoy the movie, like I did. You're not a miserable cow in need of a turnaround for seeing the world as it is.

[@Michael-r3d]

Capitalism doesn't have an alternative that many people would already want and patriarchy does not exist in first and second world countries.

[@anyaaa2801]

​@@Michael-r3dWdym patriarchy doesn't exist? Are we living in the same timeline?

[@zesky6654]

Realizing that sh*t is f@cked doesn't mean that people can't fight to make the world a better place. And fighting against it makes people happier because it requires letting go of self-defeating pessimism.

[@SPQRKlio]

I didn’t love the monologue when I was watching it. But I think it’s because I was reacting to how I figured people would react to it. I had to remind myself that I never thought Hamlet or Julius Caesar “ground to a halt” during a tour-de-force soliloquy.

[@lorrainezea7988]

I agree. I still prefer Laura Dern's monologue in Marriage Story.

[@luciesullivan2197]

As always the take is voicing exactly what i feel when I don't know how to say it!

[@laurastedman2771]

I'm tired of the reaction of "wow, people want to go see movies starring women" (ala Sex and the City, Mama Mia, etc). How many times does this need to happen before it is just normal?

[@herowither12354]

Fun Fact: This movie is about a slave revolt, that's treated as being morally wrong. Fun Fact: Mattel was founded by a woman, Barbie was created by a woman, and the board is 50% women.

[@ILvIsekai]

That's exactly why the ending is hilarious. Barbie treated the kens Lulu how the freed slaves were treated. I laugh at how people miss that message. No one's perfect.

[@jaymeslorence1119]

I always understood that Barbie was a fantasy figure. A doll that was all about pretend. And in reality, any child (Barbie or Ken) can "dream" about being anyone they want or doing anything as well, (as long as one has a budget for all the costume changes and accessories) but sadly, this is hardly ever true. Although it is sometimes fun to imagine such things, the fall from escapism into the cold hard concrete truth verses shiny glittery plastic can be devastating. The hype spiked Kool aid can leave a bad choking aftertaste and the cheap rayon stuffed pillows don't really cushion the fall. A ultra materialistic world results in a world filled with great emptiness especially when things are valued over people. Simplicity and sincerity is better and last longer too.

[@genakay]

Thank you for mentioning the other writer of the script. Most info brushes by that. Ryan Gosling was the best part of the film for me. So funny. Well done, all the filmmakers!

[@reflectsonlife]

7:15 Not "The Take" inserting a Honey ad into video right after criticizing Mattel for wanting Barbie to just be a doll commercial.

[@mm7846]

The point of movie wasn’t to stop at attacking the standards for women, it was to acknowledge that we are compelled to meet them. Its our choice.

[@gs547]

The movie is bound to influence fashion. The look is very watchable. Trailers look great.

[@twistedspike69]

Our audience cheered and clapped after America’s speech!

[@grapeshot]

Yep Ben Shapiro is most definitely crying buckets of tears about this.

[@crazyunicorn16]

he made like two videos about barbie, so im certain he's crying rivers lol

[@grapeshot]

@@RussianBot-dc6qg but apparently many people did like it because it's making all type of money at the box office.

[@grapeshot]

@@RussianBot-dc6qg I've noticed for you anti sjws if the movie flops then all of a sudden it was all about the box-office but if the movie is successful and you don't like it now all of a sudden box-office means nothing.

[@grapeshot]

@RussianBot-dc6qg No, it's not. I've never heard of any movie that makes a billion dollars it is considered a flop financially. Now I know a lot of anti-sjws want a movie to be a flop if they say it's a flop.

[@grapeshot]

@RussianBot-dc6qg I know you want this movie to fail. Just say it. You hate the idea of these types of movies. But I'm going to believe the people who are saying this movie is making money, not somebody that has the name Russian Bot.

[@bthompson95]

Yes I felt like an asshole went I went to see this with my sister and she said she cried during the monologue and I said I felt like it was too on the nose and I like it better when Its not said but shown. I realized later that it needed to be said out loud for all to hear and not misconstrue. I want to go back and watch it again. Highly enjoyed it and recommend it to all

[@ashley.taylor174]

I miss the old Take. Let’s call out how conservative snowflakes are creating a false narrative that this movie is anti-man. Go deeper!

[@evaphillips2102]

“Legally Blonde” “Jennifer’s Body” “Stepford Housewives” “Old Aquaintence” “The Miracle Worker” SO MANY “feminist films” from the past were able to make their point by telling their story, not telling the story to make their point🙄 this movie was plain bad in the same way all modern movies are. They think we always need a message spelled out for us and I’m sick of it. Just tell a story.

[@teeleaf9252]

I really don't get why the movie being so "heavy handed" was an issue especially with America Ferrera's speech like it was so needed to be voiced out, because we unfortunately live in a world where men can just say whatever they want in their "preferences" for women on the freaking daily and thats never an issue, like even with this movie coming out men cannot shut up with the misandry bs and this is why that monologue is needed so we can identify the bs we have to put up with physically there in words we can hear and absorb, but that's just my opinion because I needed to hear that monologue.

[@itsmeharperjacksons6633]

I went into the Barbie with nothing but a smile and vibe, I left feeling giddy, a higher pink frequency and just with a bigger smile on my face.

[@sarayusarayu832]

My favorite part was when Barbie was on the bench talking to the elderly woman 🥹

[@salamander8301]

The apologising to ken and making him feel better after he stole her house, brainwashed her friends and tried to take over the supreme court... All because she didn't like him back as much

[@hellogoodbyeandallinbetween]

That wasn't the only reason he became a villain though...yes her rejecting him was part of it, but Ken had no other role in Barbieland at the time. Hence the whole conversation around what 'Beach' occupation meant. His entire identity revolved around Barbie looking at him, and when she didn't, he became nothing. Yes, it's an extreme, but that's the point of satire and using dolls to portray the scenario. Now he's off to discover his true self (a horse guy duh!)

[@salamander8301]

@@hellogoodbyeandallinbetween true!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

The Take is Video Essayist Barbie. Also, I just want all the costumes of this movies.

[@Senate300]

If Mattel had any function it was highlight how most corporations are loyal to good publicity and money. Thats it. But if the Legendary Toy Company was meant to be the villain of Barbie Film, they were satirised to be taken seriously in that regard.

[@NikitaWilson77]

I don’t think any other Mattel toy movies will hit the same way Barbie does.

[@ILvIsekai]

Did you know Thomas the tank engine is Mattel property.