Get ready for hours of imaginative play. There's a whole range of Barbie careers to role-play and explore different occupations. From doctors to teachers to vets and fashion designers – with Barbie dolls, you can be anyone you want to be and go anywhere! Ford, Lucy (April 5, 2023). "The Barbie trailer is somehow the biggest cultural event of the year so far". British GQ. Archived from the original on July 11, 2023 . Retrieved July 11, 2023. Broadway, Danielle; Richwine, Lisa (July 7, 2023). Milliken, Mary; Lewis, Matthew (eds.). "Warner Bros defends 'Barbie' film's world map as 'child-like' ". Reuters. Archived from the original on July 8, 2023 . Retrieved July 7, 2023.

Young girls] are “funny and brash and confident, and then they just—stop,” Gerwig told Vogue in May. “How is this journey the same thing that a teenage girl feels? All of a sudden, she thinks, Oh, I’m not good enough.” It’s clear that a big chunk of Barbie’s aim is to explore why girls abandon not only their Barbie dolls, but some of the positive beliefs associated with them.

Meanwhile, Ken learns about patriarchy and feels respected for the first time. Returning to Barbieland, he persuades the other Kens to take over, and the Barbies are indoctrinated into submissive roles, such as agreeable girlfriends, housewives, and maids. Barbie arrives and fails to convince everyone to return to the way things were. She becomes depressed, but Gloria gives her a speech about society's conflicting expectations of women, restoring Barbie's self-confidence. Hiatt, Brian (July 3, 2023). "The Brain Behind 'Barbie': Inside the Brilliant Mind of Greta Gerwig". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 4, 2023 . Retrieved July 3, 2023.

a b Broeske, Pat H. (May 25, 1986). "MORE BLASTS FROM CANNON". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 15, 2023 . Retrieved September 12, 2023. Tartaglione, Nancy (August 6, 2023). "Billion-Dollar 'Barbie': Living Doll Crosses Mega-Milestone". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 17, 2023 . Retrieved August 6, 2023. Barbie is a plastic paradox. She is a narrow vision of womanhood, and she is also an everywoman. She has hundreds of jobs and has never worked a day in her life. (She is also, importantly, not alive.) She is more than 60 years old and eternally, vaguely 20-something. (Past reports indicate Mattel claims she’s 19.) She is sexy but sexless. She’s a child’s plaything, with influence felt widely on adults.

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The secrets of director Greta Gerwig’s long-anticipated film are, in fact, starting to dissolve: The Los Angeles premiere prompted a round of spoiler-free first reactions (mostly positive), and the official critic review embargo is reportedly up soon. But even with the film finally accumulating eyeballs, there’s still a collective sense of protectiveness over the Barbie brouhaha. We don’t want the mania to break, not yet. There are still ample dopamine deposits to be discovered in deliberating what, precisely, Barbie has to say. After a promotional music video dropped yesterday featuring Gosling’s Ken serenading his second-rate status, one particular TikTok comment best summarized this feeling: “Every time I see a trailer for this movie I am more confused but I also want to see it more.” Margot Robbie says she is 'absolutely' prepared to join actors' strike". Sky News. July 13, 2023. Archived from the original on July 20, 2023 . Retrieved July 18, 2023.Lussier, Germain (May 25, 2023). "New Barbie Trailer With Stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on May 25, 2023 . Retrieved May 26, 2023. Thus far, we’ve had such fascinating theories on the objective of her eponymous film: 1) It’s about having an existential crisis (and also, death).

Stereotypical Barbie ("Barbie") and fellow dolls reside in Barbieland, a matriarchal society populated by different versions of Barbies, Kens, and a group of discontinued models, who are treated like outcasts due to their unconventional traits. While the Kens spend their days playing at the beach, considering it their profession, the Barbies hold prestigious jobs such as doctor, lawyer, and politician. Beach Ken ("Ken") is only happy when he is with Barbie, and seeks a closer relationship, but she rebuffs him in favour of other activities and female friendships. McPherson, Christopher (December 15, 2022). "First 'Barbie' Trailer Is Playing Before Screenings of 'Avatar: The Way of Water' ". Collider. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022 . Retrieved April 4, 2023. We haven’t played with Barbies since we were, like, five years old,” a group of teens tell Margot Robbie’s Barbie in the film trailer. Her face falls. If girls don’t need Barbie, what does she exist for? And who (or what) do they turn to instead? What happens to a girl to make her abandon what was previously such a source of enrichment? What does it mean to age, when Barbie herself cannot? 6) It’s about ... Barbie. Gap and Mattel Announce New Partnership". Gap Inc. Archived from the original on June 23, 2023 . Retrieved June 23, 2023. Chikhi, Lamine; McDowall, Angus (August 14, 2023). Maler, Sandra (ed.). "Algeria bans 'Barbie' movie, media and official source say". Reuters. Archived from the original on August 14, 2023 . Retrieved August 15, 2023.

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