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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.

Barbie Taylor and Football meme



https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517268/
Link to the Main Page at IMDB Barbie...

Barbie is a Great Movie! Much More Insightful Than I Expected.

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 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...

Kate McKinnon (a Ghost Buster) played "Weird Barbie"


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.”

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.



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My AutoBiography: Growing Up in Los Gatos, California in the 1960s by Gregory Vanderlaan - and Living in Chico, Washington DC, Eureka and Orangevale.


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I Was Born March 19th, 1954. We lived on Hedding Street Near the San Jose Airport until We moved to Los Gatos in 1960.  I lived there until graduation from Los Gatos High School in 1972... an Ideal Childhood... 

Then I Went to West Valley Jr. College, learned electronics drafting and got a job at System Industries in Santa Clara... I feel blessed that not only did I grow up in a great location but I also grew up at a great time. I missed the Vietnam War by ONE Year and Silicon Valley Was Hiring Like Crazy When I Needed a Job. FYI: Los Gatos is about 50 miles South of San Francisco on the edge of the mountains between San Jose and Santa Cruz.

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I have actually fired a gun. Really! At Camp Campbell [YMCA Summer Camp] in the Santa Cruz Mountains we learned how to shoot targets with a .22 rifle. I enjoyed it. Quite similar to playing Darts or Archery. Another time I fired a large pistol at cans. ONCE. My dad's lawyer owned the pistol. It had a "Helluva Kick" and was really loud and scary. I've never actually owned a gun or had one in the house... Thankfully... as on occasion I have had arguments and none became fatal...

Camp Campbell also had a zip line. I got into a swing seat, jumped off the cliff and whoooooosh went down to the ground. At that time we were responsible for our own actions and staying safe. I suppose I could have fallen out of the zip line seat but I made sure I held on tight. BIG FUN.



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When I went to West Valley Junior College I Took a Class in Architectural Scale Model Building. I took Blueprints of a Cabin my Father was having built on North Shore, Lake Tahoe and Built an Accurate Scale Model of it. Dad showed it to his friends and clients... Just to explain what he was having Built... In Retrospect, THAT would have been an EPIC Career... Building Models... Mostly the Professional Career Path was building Models of Oil Refineries... as a way to CHECK if the design was accurate... much cheaper to find errors on a Model than actually build the real thing and find out, OOPS! ---- During the Free time I Had Between Classes I went to the Library and Drew Pictures, Cartoons, Designs ART... while wearing Headphones... My Favorite was 'Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin... Astonishing on Headphones because of a lot of Left-Right Ping Ponging and Phase-Shifter Effects on the Drums... Try it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQmmM_qwG4k

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After high school I went to Chico, California to attend college. My major was biology and I found out that I had no interest in studying that subject or ANY subject AT ALL... I spent a lot of time smoking marijuana, drinking and playing music with my friends. After two years I flunked out. However, I did get to experience swimming in Upper Bidwell Park where the Black Lava Flows from Mount Lassen are. I swam thru a Lava Tube at "Bear Hole"... That tube has been closed by the Park Rangers after a student drowning...  I really enjoyed swimming at One Mile Pool, Day or Night. Not many Parks are open all night long but Bidwell is so long and thin that a fence is impractical. Plus, a fence is, like, totally opposite to the culture of the Chico-Freako! It was super fun to go swimming nude with my girlfriend... Last Year I read her Obituary on the internet... So Sad...


I remember Tubing on Butte Creek. During the Spring it was a wild ride due to melting snow coming down from Mt Lassen. During my second time living in Chico my wife and I swam at Oki Dam.


I remember riding my bicycle everywhere because Chico is a totally flat town and parking is difficult to find near campus. In general, automobiles were expensive and unnecessary too. However, some students DID own them and they were handy for visiting San Francisco (Like the time we went to hear Led Zeppelin at Kezar Stadium).


I got to go on a Magic Bus Ride with a many other students to go hear The Grateful Dead at UN Reno. My friend Jimmy played his guitar and I played the Harmonica while everyone else sang along... Then we stayed at a cabin on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe and the next day I ate some LSD and went to hear the legendary "Wall of Sound" at the University of Nevada football field. The Dead had a lot of trouble making that absurdly large public address system work but... we all had fun anyway... Especially playing slot machines after the show and driving down that street where they have giant sculptures of Showgirls.


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In the springtime Chico State has a week long celebration called "Pioneer Days". My friends and I decided that the last place we wanted to be was in town when it was invaded by drunken strangers. We went camping at Yosemite, took LSD and climbed the trail to the top of Yosemite Falls. The higher we got in elevation the Higher We Got... By the time we arrived on top of the mountain it appeared to be moving wildly... as if the granite was dancing. I lay down on my belly and crawled to the edge... That's a great view but really dangerous because it's a tall cliff with no guard rail. We walked down to the valley floor and rode the double-decker bus around... sitting on the top, with no roof... bliss... we also walked to the base of Vernal Falls on the mist trail. I looked at my arm and it looked like a bear, with claws... I went fishing in the river and slapped a fish out onto the shore... just like a bear would. That evening we were playing guitars and my harmonica around the campfire when a ranger ran out of the darkness and tackled me... We were passing around a joint and I was holding it. He gave me a ticket for "Disturbing the Peace" and told us that we had to leave the park the next day or he'd change the charge to possession... In my humble opinion, The Ranger was the one "disturbing the peace" by tackling me...

The next Year we took a camping trip to Hetch-Hetchy reservoir. Another beautiful granite mountain near Yosemite. We took LSD and went free-climbing up a chimney and then hiked around above the tree line. I went down to the edge of the river to admire the bubbling water and accidentally slipped in. Could have died as there was a large waterfall downstream. The water out powered me and took me to the bottom of the pool. I gave up, accepted death and bubbled up to a place on the far shore where I climbed out. A cosmic near death experience... Hey Kids, Don't Do This!


I lived in Chico in 1973 and 1974 and then for a few years in the late 1990s early 2000s. I Joined AA and quit drinking Alcohol. Chico has a big active AA community. Since Chico is Famous as a "Party Town" it makes perfect sense that it's also Famous for being an AA Town too. Going to meetings at Campfire Council Ring behind Caper Acres, Bidwell Park is an experience I will always treasure.  I spent one summer "Rent Free" camping outdoors at Picnic Area 37 in the grove of 13 Redwood Trees.


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I Bought the Book "RAGE" by Bob Woodward. I Recommend Buying This Book... Here are about 30 Pages... Photographed from my Kindle eBook so You Can Read them...

 I've Read Many Biographies He Has Written over the Years... all Excellent and Insightful... He Really Gets the Inside Story... This One Has 18 hours of Tape Recorded Interviews With Trump!
https://www.amazon.com/Rage-Bob-Woodward/dp/198213173X
RAGE Book Cover Bob Woodward

When I Got the Book, 
My Plan Was to TYPE THE WORDS 
Into This Blog...
That Way, People That Do Not Have an Extra $20 Can Read it...

In Fact, Amazon LOST My Copy of 
The Book Printed on Paper... 
Never Before or Since has Amazon 
LOST a Product of Mine... 
A TOTALLY CREEPY CONSPIRACY THEORY EVENT. 
WHY? CORPORATE CENSORSHIP?
GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP?  

So, I Reordered the Book as a Kindle eBook and it was Delivered Instantly... and I was able to Copy and Paste Many Pages of Words... Including These Important Snippets!


CLICK ON THE SCREENSHOTS 
BELOW TO SEE THEM BIGGER...
"RAGE" by Bob Woodward - Screenprints of Important Paragraphs - You Should Buy This Book and Read the Whole Thing - gvan42
"RAGE" by Bob Woodward - Screenprints of Important Paragraphs - You Should Buy This Book and Read the Whole Thing - gvan42

"RAGE" by Bob Woodward - Screenprints of Important Paragraphs - You Should Buy This Book and Read the Whole Thing - gvan42

"RAGE" by Bob Woodward - Screenprints of Important Paragraphs - You Should Buy This Book and Read the Whole Thing - gvan42

"RAGE" by Bob Woodward - Screenprints of Important Paragraphs - You Should Buy This Book and Read the Whole Thing - gvan42
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