One Year to End the ‘Barbie vs. Oppenheimer’ Battle—Here’s the Untold Strategy That Could Change Everything!
Among the most wholesome, adorable responses are the ones in which users create fictional scenarios around different groups of straight men (usually tough guys) getting together to watch Barbie, their sexuality not threatened in the least by the idea of watching a movie based on a girl’s toy. And why should it: Gerwig has proved herself to be a top-notch filmmaker, and while the movie’s plot is still under wraps, it certainly seems like Barbie might have something to do with Barbie having to interact with the real world — which, if that’s true, is a very intriguing premise. Plus, for those who might look down on the movie, it’s co-written by Gerwig and her longtime creative and romantic partner Noah Baumbach, who with The Squid and the Whale and Marriage Story has crafted the kind of arthouse fare that hardly qualifies as empty-headed escapism. That Gerwig is getting a chance to work with a big studio in Warner Bros. to make something that might be edgier and more interesting than the usual summer tentpole is worth celebrating. Surely the film bros can get behind that.
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