• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Barbie isn’t sentient…

    A corporation decides what she would or would not do.

    The recent movie was all about female empowerment, but if the corp decides the far right would give them more money, then the sequel will be about how great working at a concentration camp is.

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      3 months ago

      I mean… the movie kinda points that out, too. The exec straight-up changes his tune on the idea of a realistic Barbie when he’s told it will sell.

      It does a pretty good job of pointing out all aspects of Barbie, good and bad. From female empowerment to consumerism to the objectification of women and the issues surrounding body shaming.

      It even calls out the film itself for casting an unrealistically beautiful, successful woman to play Barbie.

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        3 months ago

        And it did all of that because some executive thought that would make the most money…

        If they thought the opposite message would have made more money, that’s what the character would have done.

        Like, I dunno.

        It doesn’t seem that complicated to me, but apparently it is.

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          3 months ago

          If art is good, I’ll appreciate it even when the people funding it aren’t doing it for the love of art.

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            3 months ago

            Nothing wrong with that, I really enjoyed it too.

            But that doesn’t mean the next movie will be the same.