My producers dragged me to see ‘Barbie’ and it was one of the most woke movies have ever seen. My ful review of this flaming garbage heap of a film will be out on my YouTube channel tomorrow at 10am ET.
I normally post news on here but this picture is legit hilarious. Mods feel free to delete if not appropriate 😹
Must mean it’s great, can’t wait to see it, which is not something I expected to say.
I saw it this afternoon, I had a great time! It wasn’t exactly what I was expecting, although I can’t say I know exactly what I was expecting going into it… It was a lot more political than I expected, and a lot more thoughtful.
It certainly lacks subtlety, and beats you around the head with its themes (feminism, toxic masculinity, the patriarchy, empowerment, finding and accepting yourself). To be clear, I don’t think it lacking subtlety is a bad thing at all; it makes it very clear what points it’s addressing, and doesn’t leave anything down to personal experiences, or interpretations of nuanced lines. And it has a lot of fun with it!
Apparently right-wing people are upset with it, though. Because of course they are. It’s about Barbie being a strong, independent woman. It’s got a lot of diversity, and it’s not shy about the fact that its diversity is because Barbie dolls themselves have a lot of diversity, so yes, it’s very deliberately forced diversity. It has a trans actress in - I didn’t even realise she was trans until a few minutes ago when I was looking up why right-wing people are upset, but apparently it’s a terrible thing. It doesn’t peddle any propaganda about traditional family values either, if you can believe such a thing (which is particularly upsetting to Matt Gaetz’ wife for some reason).
It’s fun. It’s funny. It’s thoughtful. And Ryan Gosling is fantastic in it. (Margot Robbie is very good, too, but her character is a little less colourful). It won’t be something that will change your entire outlook on life, or that you’ll be thinking about every day for the next six months, but it’s a solid ~8/10, and unless you froth at the mouth at the idea of women having shudder aGeNcY, you’ll probably have a good time with it!
It’s preachy, but only because Barbie is preachy. It fits the source material perfectly. All the characters are literally Barbies you have been able to buy for 50 years, so I don’t know how people could be upset. Mattel is run by all dudes, and Ken is a himbo. All of these things are quintessential Barbie for decades.
It’s like a comedy version of the matrix, if that makes sense. In one scene Barbie has to choose whether to stay in Barbieland or go to the real world. Instead of a red or blue pill, she has to choose between a high heel or a Birkenstock sandal.
It’s actually a pretty inoffensive mirror to society without many plot holes. Not like Lord of the Rings. Why don’t the eagles just drop the ring in the volcano?!?
It’s like a comedy version of the matrix, if that makes sense.
well, Matrix: Russurections was clearly satire, and I laughed through the entire thing, so, yeah, that makes sense to me.
honestly lmao at Ben being dragged in, beaten and preached at for nearly two hours with all of this. just perfect, I approve already.
Purely as a thought experiment, I wonder what would happen if we did a Clockwork Orange treatment on him with this movie?
Terrific write-up, you expressed my thoughts on it much better and more succinctly than I could have.
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The best thing about Ben Shapiro is that each day I share on this planet with him is one less day I need to coexist with Ben Shapiro.
Each day he shares on this planet with you. You gotta outlive assholes like Ben Shapiro.
Is he ever happy with anything? Like, I’m not even here to debate his views. He just seems so miserable all the time, as if he can’t find any joy in life.
Worked with him recently on a project ( I was an extra, I do not support their trash) and he was a tool. All the higher ups at DW were smarmy or openly rude and bitchy to the cast and crew. Especially Candace Owens. They were all so far up their own asses it was ridiculous.
It’s hos job to be upset. He is happy with the money that he makes from the attention.
Yeah happiness is a free time endeavour. Every time you see any picture of Ben Shapiro, he’s working.
“attention ho” sums him up pretty well
He’s happy with his sister’s cup size.
You are describing every modern conservative ever
I’m describing Ben Shapiro, the man in the picture.
…as well as every other modern conservative.
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Y’all went off the rails right about here when this got personal. You can try again, or better yet just disengage since this seems like a fairly low stakes disagreement.
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It takes no effort to steer a conversation about a prominent right-wing social media figure who harps on prominent right-wing culture war issues towards conservatives.
Those things are literally the same topic.
You see this on both sides lol
Nowhere did I say it was exclusively modern cons, but they sure are the majority
Wow I didn’t know Barbie movie was that good.
This is great news for the Barbie Movie
For reference: that sign is 5’ high.
He must’ve had a growth spurt.
Ben Shapiro even fits in the Dreamhouse! And he has similar anatomy to Ken!
Dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fuck. I’m gonna have to go see it now, aren’t I?
Just because you’re built like a tween doesn’t make you the target audience Benny boy.
He really shaps my ass. In fact, Shap IS an ass.
You talkin’ 'bout Shap?
He’s bad, and a mother-
No, please, continue.Well Barbie is an accomplished woman with a bajillion jobs so it’s not surprising the movie is “woke”. Barbie was “woke” for her time.
I bet they make a fuck ton of money off this movie, once again disproving “go woke go broke”
Woke is here to stay, it’s called human rights
“Woke” is the new “politically correct”. If you want know what they really mean, just replace the word “woke” with “treating people with respect” or “respectful”.
As in, “I hate treating people with respect” or “Hollywood is too respectful nowadays”. “When did the world become so respectful?!?”
If you want know what they really mean, just replace the word “woke” with “treating people with respect” or “respectful”.
Anyone upset at that is not worth listening to.
Unfortunately, assholes like Shapiro have a huge audience of exactly the kind of assholes who gobble this shit up.
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Oh, and that vote consistantly… do you?
One thing I’ve heard is when conservatives use the word “woke”, just replace it with “uppity”, because once you cut out all the bullshit that’s what they mean. To a conservative, everybody has a place in society in that there are people born onto a natural hierarchy. Black people are inferior to white people, poor people are inferior to rich people, etc., and in true Calvinist fashion it doesn’t matter what choices people make, there’s no action one can take to change their position. Wherever a person happens to be as an accident of birth defines their value. And in that line of thinking, the worst imaginable crime isn’t murder or rape or genocide, it’s upsetting the little caste system they’ve imposed upon the world. Woke ultimately means upsetting the caste system. That includes allowing women to have human rights, letting black people attend college, but even also applying the oh so bronze age concept of rule of law to those who commit crimes against someone “lesser than”.
Conservatism is literally incompatible with civilized society in the most fundamental sense. Democracy isn’t just at stake, it’s the entire concept of rule of law. If conservatives had their way, every day would be like The Purge.
in true Calvinist fashion it doesn’t matter what choices people make, there’s no action one can take to change their position.
Exactly. Like how all the “self-made men who pulled themselves up by their bootstraps” slag off on AOC for having had to work a real job once.
Even more stupid when you realize that female bartenders make the most tips from sleazy old men who think they can get flirting and phone numbers before they go home to their wives and children lmao
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I wonder how they would choose to make such a movie less woke? I’m going to have to ask about that some time.
What a sad pathetic life of getting so upset at the most unimportant things.
Looks like downstairs at the Green Hills theater by Green Hills Mall.
I zoomed in on the notes. I couldn’t make it out completely, but here’s what I saw:
- No close-ups of Barbie’s feet
- No close-ups of Ken’s feet
- Barbie always wearing shoes even in long shots
Points 1 and 3 are false lol.
Lol haven’t seen it yet. I rolled the dice
It’s in one of the trailers even! lol
Calm down Quinten
- “Dems have no achomlishments…”
Believe it or not, Barbie’s feet are a major plot point, there’s more than one close-up, lol.
What kind of Barbie movie did he want exactly?
The kind where Ken goes off on a super-badass special forces mission and says “Take a bullet for ya, babe,” as he leaves the house.
I presume one where barbie stays in the kitchen for two hours and cooks for Ken coming home from long days at the traditional family values factory.
Also she’s barefoot for some reason.
He’s best left ignored. Every time somebody brings him up or makes fun of him it sustains him. May he be forgotten.
