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ELITE VOL.1, Issue 56, june 2023
ELITE
VOL.1, Issue 56, june 2023
“She’s everything. He’s just Ken”. A
crucial message that is not at all how
it seems. It is not a vicious kick at
men, it’s not a man-hating statement,
in fact, it means the complete
opposite. The Barbie movie took the
patriarchy and turned it into a
matriarchy to prove a point but the
message did not completely get
through to some.
where women question their place in
the world, and for men to question In my humble opinion, both movies
their contribution to the current are really special and important. But
society we live in. Even though the I couldn’t help but relate more to
vibes of the two movies are entirely Barbie as a woman first and
different; Oppenheimer was serious foremost. The portrayal of the
and solemn while Barbie was patriarchy and Barbieland in a
satirical and subtle in its messages. sarcastic, joke filled environment is a
stroke of genius. Because you’re
genuinely laughing but having an
The Oppenheimer plot twist was
revealed in such a significant and existential crisis at the same time. The
dare I say immaculate way; a Barbies that get it, get it, the Barbies
complete illustration that the truth that don’t, don’t.
prevails in the end, but Barbie’s plot
twist was revealed with the poster of
the movie
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