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  • tahannEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Feeling ko di iaaddress ng movie yung excessive consumerism associated with Barbie. Baka parang SATC yung take nila, na yung fashion and accessories ay kailangan para sa self-actualization, na totoo naman, kaso dapat ibalanse sa climate change issues and how the fashion industry is a contributor to the problem.

    I’m so demanding, I know. 😔 Naniniwala kasi ako sa kasabihang, “with great power comes great expectations.” So nag expect ang lola mo.

    • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Knowing Gerwig, those themes might make it to the movie. But I wouldn’t be surprised if it didn’t either since hindi papayag Mattel na ilicense movie nila just to have their company criticized.

      • tahannEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I don’t mind spoilers. Kapag napanood mo na, please lemmy know if I’ll be disappointed or not.

        • starscar12@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Here’s Phil Dy’s review of Barbie on Letterboxd.

          An excerpt of the review

          Here is a movie that asks what it means to be human, filtering that question through the experiences of a doll living in a fantasy world built on the fantasy ideal represented by Barbie: a world of unrealistically beautiful women who can be anything. More specifically, it asks what it means to be a woman, bursting that fantasy ideal as it shuttles off its main character into our world, and discovers that what she thought she represented didn’t seem to mean a whole lot in a world mired in patriarchy.

          • tahannEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Thanks. I expected that naman, given it’s Gerwig. At expected ko din na may commentary sa capitalism, given the characters in suits.

            I just want more 😔