Rating of
3.5/4
A strong "no" to patriarchy
DEPART - wrote on 08/15/23
Here we have 114 minutes which from the first second to the last is filled with merciless blows against the patriarchy. A patriarchy that Stereotypical Barbie (Margot Robbie) and her Ken (Ryan Gosling) discover when a glitch in the multiverse starts to "break" Barbie. She looks for a way to solve it and finds it thanks to Weird Barbie (Kate McKinnon). She tells her that she needs to go out into the real world and find the person who needs her. Only then will the wound she has opened be closed.
As ridiculous as the premise that the main plot begins with Stereotypical Barbie stomping her feet and heels on the floor seems, take some time to think about it. Barbie may have revolutionized the world, but at the time she was released, a woman wearing a flat shoe in the US was weird. It was like going out hand in hand with the person you loved and they were of the same gender (ed. We still haven't completely shaken that off either). And therefore, the doll always had legs in the position required to wear high heels.
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