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Barbie is Out of the Box-Review
Empty-headed doll Barbie rises to the challenge — no spoilers here
I didn’t get the hoopla over Barbie and couldn’t figure out why any woman would want to go see a movie about a stereotypical beautiful doll. I was not buying into spending my money contributing to the empty-headed doll stereotype women have been fighting forever.
Given the political and social issues our country is dealing with right now, how could Warner Brothers put out a movie to further demean and discount women?
I also felt I had been inundated with Barbie advertising in every aspect of culture and life for the past several weeks to further cement my disinterest in the film. I didn’t watch the ads or trailers.
A friend asked me if I wanted to see it today. Before I could say, “Hell no. I don’t want to spend two hours of my life on a toy commercial,” I decided to do a tad bit of research. I read Kris Downey’s delightful flashback story:
