Mattel Doesn't Believe Barbie To Be A Feminist Movie, But Margot Robbie Does
We're less than a month away from watching it and seeing for ourselves.
Ever since the news leaked out that Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie was going into production, people have found it very controversial.
On the one hand, it's almost expected that something as fun, happy, and colorful as Barbie would be childish, and on the other hand, no one expected anything less than a feminist manifesto from Gerwig.
As it turns out, Barbie will be both. Barbie will be bright and colorful, full of plastic textures, unnatural fabrics, and anything else that might catch the eye of a typical 5-year-old.
But what Barbie will also be is a huge metaphor and a serious story about breaking out of this artificial environment to be something meaningful.
With every new teaser and trailer that comes out, people are noticing more and more details that they are really excited about.
With the help of an amazingly talented and diverse cast and an insane promo that includes soundtracks from the most popular pop stars on the scene, Greta Gerwig is going to create another masterpiece, this time colored pink.
The movie has been labeled as a feminist film almost from the beginning, just because of the director's name.
While the majority of the cast easily embraced the label, it seems that Barbie's parent company, Mattel, is still trying to isolate itself from the term rather than connect with it.
In its recent article on Barbie, Time noted that the company's representative confirmed the statement that Barbie is not a feminist movie.
Not everyone was ready to agree, however: Margot Robbie seemed disappointed by such a statement. She wasn't ready to fully describe the movie one way or another but expressed her opinion with a raised eyebrow and a sigh.
"It's not that it is or it isn't. It's a movie. It's a movie that's got so much in it. <...> We're in on the joke. This isn't a Barbie puff piece," the actress expressed to the reporter.
Whether the Barbie movie will be more light-hearted than expected, or whether it will go deeper into the themes of death and the meaning of life that were briefly mentioned in the trailer, we'll have to wait and see.
Judging by what we've seen so far, the movie will be everything audiences could ask for and more.
Barbie is set to premiere on July 21, so make sure you get your tickets early so you don't miss out on the extravaganza it promises to be.
Source: Time