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ELITE VOL.1, Issue 56, june 2023
ELITE
VOL.1, Issue 56, june 2023

Our story starts fifteen years ago, proclaimed when they decided on a

when Christopher Nolan’s The Dark double feature in the cinemas;
Knight hit the cinemas worldwide Oppenheimer is for the giggles and

alongside of Mamma Mia! in a Barbie is for the deep philosophical
showcase of true dichotomy of taste. content.
Now in 2023, Christopher Nolan’s

new philosophical biopic As a reporter of the truth, I had to find
Oppenheimer faced off Greta out about the cinematic experience for

Gerwig’s Barbie. This isn’t Greta’s myself. The conclusion I drew from
first retelling of a famous creation; she both experiences was the same in some
previously wrote and directed “Little ways but immensely different at the

Women”. same time. Oppenheimer is an
opportunity to rethink your humanity

The release of Barbie and and the relationship between your
Oppenheimer on the same day was actions and their consequences. The

bound to cause the same realization of complexity of Oppenheimer’s character
how different inclinations could be. and his role -or lack thereof as Harry

People thought that Oppenheimer is Truman expressed- in the Hiroshima
about the father of the atomic bomb and Nagasaki war crimes was
while Barbie is about some plastic enthralling to say the least. Likewise,

airhead doll. But as Gen Z Barbie is an experience

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