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‘Barbie’ film ‘forgets core audience’ in favor of trans agenda and gender themes, Christian movie site warns

poweRob said:

Heading for a remarkable $155 million opening. So much for the "disaster" theory.
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‘Barbie’ A Blockbuster At The Box Office With $300M Worldwide Opening Weekend

"Barbie" is shaping up to be the biggest movie of 2023. According to Deadline, box office estimates for the Margot Robbie-starring movie are through the roof, with projections that "Barbie" will exceed $300 million in worldwide ticket sales (consisting of $150 million domestically, and...
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Jetboogieman said:
People just get so angry about things that they don’t care about and wouldn’t watch anyway.

The only issue I see with this movie is this from what I’ve heard (and bearing in mind I haven’t seen it):

supposedly Barbie and Ken goes from Barbie world into our world and it’s like mustache twirling villains levels of misogyny, like cartoonish levels, but Ken thinks, hey this is cool cause supposedly in the Barbie world, it’s a full blown matriarchy.

When they get back to Barbie world, the Kens revolt and take over Barbie world, are defeated and then… the full matriarchy is restored…

And when asked if the Kens should have a greater role, the answer is no.

Ummmm…

I’m not one of these seething neck beard anti-feminist types, because I recognize the harmful nature of the patriarchy and toxic masculinity that I do think is currently on the way out but is that the message we actually wanna send as the movies point?

At the end of the day whatever, it’s just a movie bro, I’ll see what comes out more as it’s released just as a thought exercise but more important things to worry about that’s for sure. [\SPOILER]
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I've seen it and the description of the ending isn't quite right. It is throughout satirical, but the actual end has the 'matriarchy' allowing men limited roles, such as positions on lower courts (versus the Supreme Court which is in this reclaimed Barbie Land all female). So it moves time back to what might be in the U.S. something like 1950 or something, remembering RBG was at the top of her class in 1954 and couldn't get ANY job with a top tier firm... So it's sort of, "Hey, you men get what power women got when Barbie was first introduced!"
 
Captain America said:
I don't see WHY the Barbie movie would neeed to promote trans, gender, gay themes.

Any dude going to watch that movie, (unless he is a little girl's daddy) is most likely gay already. No need to promote.
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While it may be a character or part of the movie I haven't seen any transgender or gay promotion of it. More like cons noisily blowing it all up in attempts at another one of their failed cancel culture moves
 
poweRob said:
While it may be a character or part of the movie I haven't seen any transgender or gay promotion of it. More like cons noisily blowing it all up in attempts at another one of their failed cancel culture moves
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There's a transgender character, but it's only referenced that he's trans, could be just weird/gay/effeminate, and he is a very minor role. He's aligned with the matriarchy, so there's that I guess. Whatever.

Anyway, there's no 'agenda' shoving, other than Girl Power...
 
CLAX1911 said:
Has the word spread that it's a misandrist hateful movie yet? Guess the marketing team kept the reality of if the news long enough.
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I won't be seeing it, but what is so misandrist about it?
 
j brown's body said:
www.foxnews.com

‘Barbie’ film ‘forgets core audience’ in favor of trans agenda and gender themes, Christian movie site warns

The new "Barbie" film was heavily criticized by a Christian movie site ahead of its premiere. The film features a transgender actor and feminist themes.
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I dunno. I read the article, watched the video clip and read the review at the Christian site and I sure didn't see any evidence to support the claim. Anyone else want to take a stab?
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Transgender? Was that past of the movie?
 
Now that we have some real data , this map clearly shows Biden will win
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Why would Christian fundies be the core audience?
 
Captain America said:
I don't see WHY the Barbie movie would neeed to promote trans, gender, gay themes.

Any dude going to watch that movie, (unless he is a little girl's daddy) is most likely gay already. No need to promote.
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Or he’s not insecure or obsessed with his masculinity and he wants to enjoy a popular, critically acclaimed comedy. My 14-year old daughter is reluctant to see it, so I might end up going to see it alone.
 
Dragonfly said:
Or, you know, just hanging out with his:

wife
daughter
sister
niece
mother
grandmother
aunt
friend
crush
partner
love interest

in an air conditioned theater, in the summertime, enjoying a light hearted comedy and some popcorn….
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Extremely tall dude in front of me yesterday. Looked like a young Lebron James, beard and all, stood in front of me in line at the theaters. Two little daughters, each one holding daddy’s hand. They were dressed in hot pink.
 
Superfly said:
Extremely tall dude in front of me yesterday. Looked like a young Lebron James, beard and all, stood in front of me in line at the theaters. Two little daughters, each one holding daddy’s hand. They were dressed in hot pink.
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My family member who went to see it has convinced two other family members to go check it out.
She said it was hilarious. Major laughs that had the entire theater cracking up multiple times.

She liked it so much she's going to see it a second time when the other two go.

By the way - she said the rating for the movie was PG-13.
I was a little shocked at that.
 
Dragonfly said:
My family member who went to see it has convinced two other family members to go check it out.
She said it was hilarious. Major laughs that had the entire theater cracking up multiple times.

She liked it so much she's going to see it a second time when the other two go.

By the way - she said the rating for the movie was PG-13.
I was a little shocked at that.
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I wasn’t shocked. It has Will Ferrell in it. 😂

I don’t have a theater in my small town, so I’d have to drive probably 45 minutes to a good theater. I’ll wait on this one to be released and probably buy the digital version. But I do want to see it. If my girls lived closer, yeah we’d all be going to see it, but they are all adults.
 
Superfly said:
Extremely tall dude in front of me yesterday. Looked like a young Lebron James, beard and all, stood in front of me in line at the theaters. Two little daughters, each one holding daddy’s hand. They were dressed in hot pink.
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I wonder if he was a surprised that it wasn't really a kids movie.
 
I don't think angry rednecks and paid right wing internet liars were their intended core audience. The numbers back that up.
 
Dragonfly said:
It’s rated PG-13.

Not G.

:rolleyes:
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Yeah like I said I wonder if he was surprised when he found out it wasn't a children's movie. It is about a children's toy that has been played with by people that are probably in their 60s now. So adults enjoying it would make sense but it wasn't for kids.
 
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