This covers a lot of what I thought of the movie. Weird Barbie is the link between Barbieland and RealWorld, pivotal despite not much screen time. I'd say Gloria (America Ferrera) was the anchor in the real world, Barbie's opposite number who has had a real-world imperfect life to contrast with the dollworld picture of ideal-but-not-real.
Overall, the movie centered on real-vs-doll differences -- Barbie as personality vs. Barbie as Mattel's plastic product. Movie Barbie gets to become a Real Woman, but she's now in the imperfect real world like all the rest of us.
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Date: 2023-08-13 06:26 pm (UTC)Overall, the movie centered on real-vs-doll differences -- Barbie as personality vs. Barbie as Mattel's plastic product. Movie Barbie gets to become a Real Woman, but she's now in the imperfect real world like all the rest of us.