People who think a movie about plastic dolls.

[meadowlander]

36. I'm not really into comic books,

but I've seen most of the Marvel films and a lot of them are really good because they aren't ultimately about comic books - they're about friendship, family, overcoming our weaknesses, standing up for what's right, creative problem solving, etc. All the big universal stuff.

I'm not really into sports but Bend it Like Beckham is one of my favorite films and I love Hoosiers, Ted Lasso, Breaking Away, etc. They aren't really about the sports but about telling human stories well.

So if the Barbie movie gets great reviews and wins awards, I'll probably see it even though I'm not that into Barbie. From what I can see in the trailer, it's not a film "about dolls" but a film about growing up and moving beyond fantasy while retaining that spark and passion that makes you you and gives you joy. Sounds interesting and it would be a shame to write it off because "it's just a film about dolls".

And as I said above, Barbie and Ken's ages are completely beside the point and always have been within the stories themselves. The point is that your age is the least interesting thing about you compared with what you do. And that's a powerful and necessary point to make to women and girls (still) who are told by our culture that their age contributes to their worth.

Ken's point is that he supports Barbie no matter what and doesn't feel threatened by her success. Who gives a shit if he is 17, 42 or 109? He's there to be a role model for little girls of the type of man they should be looking for in their life when so many of them have fathers and brothers and uncles and grandfathers and peers who tell them to sit at the back of the bus and not make too much fuss. That outshining a man makes them a "bitch" and that nobody will love them unless they subsume all of their life's ambitions into propping other people up.