#and the commentary on mattel as a brand feels so fake bc it is!!! they signed off the script
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this shoudve made the movie soundtrack
#i didnt really like barbie all that much#but i also. wasnt expecting to#i liked elements of it (ryan gosling funniest man alive atm)#but overall it was just. kind of boring and fell flat#and its a shane its hard to find legitimate critisism of it#bc theres sm reactionary conservative crap#but it was just. the definition of 'self awarness is not a virtue'#like yeah you made a comment abt how margot robbie is pretty so the beauty standards commentary feels silly#and you present critisism of your product as an over zelous 13 year old who comes around#and the commentary on mattel as a brand feels so fake bc it is!!! they signed off the script#and nothing drastic gets said#bc social problems are good and trendy so you can’t not put them in#but it’s just. capitalism will eat everything even the criticism of itself#and in the context of this concerning trend where every not feminine woman is accused of internalized misogyny#the only way out of which is to conform and become feminine#a movie like this is borderline disturbing in some ways#idk i wasn’t really expecting much bc 1. it’s a glorified toy commercial 2. it’s greta gerwig#but the way it’s being framed as a feminist piece of media… be for real#verilybitchy made a great video on it#📓
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