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Ironically, ICE Barbie would be deported form Barbieland
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Barbie does whatever makes the corporation money…
They’d 100% release an actual ICE Barbie if they thought it would make money.
Fuck fascists and all that, but it doesn’t mean we have to defend corporations that will sell us out for a slightly higher short term profit margin
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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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My bad, didn’t realize you were a 12 hour account, we’ve probably been thru something like this on your last account too.
No worries, I’ll handle it.
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If this is your first account here, don’t worry, we’re not all like this.
bruh
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.
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.
If art is good, I’ll appreciate it even when the people funding it aren’t doing it for the love of art.
Nothing wrong with that, I really enjoyed it too.
But that doesn’t mean the next movie will be the same.
Are you comparing an ordinary, common toy to a top fascist government official? They’re referring to Barbie the cartoon character. Deranged though she is, Kristi Noem isn’t some piece of plastic getting stamped out by the millions and sold to children for playtime.
Fuck BigCorp, sure, but it doesn’t mean we always need to assign a deeper meaning to someone’s post beyond what they’ve said
Had the same thought. I hadn’t heard the term and I totally believed Mattel had just released an I. C. E Barbie. I’m sure they track in focus groups and we probably aren’t too far off from that model flipping to being net profitable despite the poor liberal press.
