The MEANING of the Barbie Movie DEMONSTRATED... Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie=NO Oscar Nomination. Ryan Gosling=YES Oscar Nomination. GET IT? The patriarchy is still with us.

At the Oscars, What if the person opening the Envelope Just Says Greta Gerwig? No Matter Whose Name is Printed on the Card...

Although the film was nominated for best picture, Greta Gerwig was snubbed as director and Margot Robbie left out of the best actress category, omissions that caused a flood of outrage on the internet and from their colleagues. The Associated Press called Gerwig's snub "one of the biggest shocks in recent memory". Some fans took it out on Ken. As USA Today pointed out, quoting a user on X, Ryan Gosling being nominated for supporting actor while Gerwig and Robbie were left out "kind of proves the point of the movie", that the patriarchy is still with us. Gosling, Ken himself, said in a statement: "There is no Ken without Barbie and There is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally-celebrated film".

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240124-oscars-2024-the-real-reason-barbies-greta-gerwig-and-margot-robbie-were-snubbed-by-the-oscars

Barbie is a Great Movie! Much More Insightful Than I Expected. I Understand Why Republican Men are Terrified... Of the New World that is Awakening!

MEANING of the Barbie Movie DEMONSTRATED... Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie=NO Oscar Nomination. Ryan Gosling=YES Oscar Nomination. GET IT? The patriarchy is still with us.

Gloria's full monologue from Barbie (2023):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBqlDWHkdHk

It is literally impossible to be a woman. You are so beautiful, and so smart, and it kills me that you don't think you're good enough. Like, we have to always be extraordinary, but somehow we're always doing it wrong.

You have to be thin, but not too thin. And you can never say you want to be thin. You have to say you want to be healthy, but also you have to be thin. You have to have money, but you can't ask for money because that's crass. You have to be a boss, but you can't be mean. You have to lead, but you can't squash other people's ideas. You're supposed to love being a mother, but don't talk about your kids all the damn time. You have to be a career woman but also always be looking out for other people.

You have to answer for men's bad behavior, which is insane, but if you point that out, you're accused of complaining. You're supposed to stay pretty for men, but not so pretty that you tempt them too much or that you threaten other women because you're supposed to be a part of the sisterhood.

But always stand out and always be grateful. But never forget that the system is rigged. So find a way to acknowledge that but also always be grateful.

You have to never get old, never be rude, never show off, never be selfish, never fall down, never fail, never show fear, never get out of line. It's too hard! It's too contradictory and nobody gives you a medal or says thank you! And it turns out in fact that not only are you doing everything wrong, but also everything is your fault.

I'm just so tired of watching myself and every single other woman tie herself into knots so that people will like us. And if all of that is also true for a doll just representing women, then I don't even know.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517268/

Link to the Main Page at IMDB Barbie...

Makes me admire the author Greta Gerwig...

Sacramento Native... and "local girl made good!"
Famous for the Movie Lady Bird...

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1950086/?ref_=tt_ov_dr

Link to All About Greta Gerig...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4925292/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk

Link to all about the Movie Lady Bird...

and when I saw on a Late Night Talk Show that Kate McKinnon (a Ghost Buster) played "Weird Barbie" I had to See it for myself...

Ryan Gosling reacted to his Academy Award nomination for his supporting role as Ken by expressing his disappointment that the Academy snubbed Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie in their respective categories. In a statement, he explained:

"I am extremely honored to be nominated by my colleagues alongside such remarkable artists in a year of so many great films. And I never thought I’d being saying this, but I’m also incredibly honored and proud that it’s for portraying a plastic doll named Ken. But there is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally-celebrated film.

“No recognition would be possible for anyone on the film without their talent, grit and genius. To say that I’m disappointed that they are not nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement. Against all odds with nothing but a couple of soulless, scantily clad, and thankfully crotchless dolls, they made us laugh, they broke our hearts, they pushed the culture and they made history. Their work should be recognized along with the other very deserving nominees.”