German Estrada Marino
Timeless beauty and freedom from pain, a tribute to body image as a source of happiness, and the instrumentalization of women’s sexuality are presented in the film as fascist lies crafted by unscrupulous megalomaniacs whose emotions are captured only by commercial and business ambitions.
Despite the belief of millions of viewers, the Barbie movie is not an apology to the classic Myrtle doll, it pays homage to a beautiful but superficial, consumerist, flippant, submissive woman whose sense of life is luxurious; it is A tribute to the classic Myrtle doll. Beauty and eternal youth.
This is not a movie suitable for children’s entertainment, nor is it suitable for children to watch. It’s a voracious, bold, satirical critique and parody of gender stereotypes that deserves critical discussion after viewing by teens.
Small children (under 12) should not see it yet, as their deductive abilities are not yet developed.
Barbie faces the idea of death from the start, drawn in by Martel the receptionist, who feels that real women look a bit like a seemingly perfect doll, but don’t suffer from superficiality, don’t weigh increase or physical deterioration. The law of life is immortality.
Dolls confront the inescapable lightness of being: real women are not Barbie dolls, real women cry, suffer, feel, age and die. In the background, the film has an existential message that real women don’t live in the ego- and attachment-dominated fantasy that the media presents to young people in modern society.
Barbie must be plunged into a deep existential crisis that brings women closer to reality, and in order to be happy she must come to terms with the fact that she cannot escape the gender and consumer stereotypes imposed on her by the glamor industry, fashion and aesthetics can still easily be Prey of many females.
Critical ability and abstract thinking are thus the protagonists of the story, as well as admirable attributes beyond curves; blond hair; perfect measure and superficial luxury.
Also, Barbie no longer wants to have a muscular male by her side to bring her good company, because now, she is looking for a man with empathy to accompany her to realize her dreams, which are based on personal self-actualization and individuation rather than conformity-based. Decades of reliance on the dominant patriarchy.
The presence of women of different races and body types shows that girls and women of the 21st century don’t all accept and don’t have to agree that women who fit in a 90, 60, 90 size. valuable.
Criticism of vanity manifests itself in teens shaming Barbie in public schools, directly questioning Barbie because Barbie delayed women’s emancipation, and girls unwilling to accept bullying or be shamed for not looking as perfect as Barbie. The teen called Barbie a “fool” and a “hottie”, accusing her of demeaning the image of women and empowering her socially. Nothing could be more true than this!
Timeless beauty and freedom from pain, a tribute to body image as a source of happiness, and the instrumentalization of women’s sexuality are presented in the film as fascist lies crafted by unscrupulous megalomaniacs whose emotions are captured only by commercial and business ambitions.
I can’t stop thinking that similar to all this, the current cosmetic surgery industry in Colombia has become so popular that thousands of women, even educated and literate ones, continue to succumb to the industry. As if a scalpel could fill an emotional void, or perform surgery on wounded self-esteem. Or, as if beauty, banality, and ephemeral luxury allow women to self-realize their full potential, and that must be the ultimate cause of their journey toward liberation and gender equality.
In “The Simpsons,” it’s gone, and in a wonderful scene, Lisa Simpson holds her Stacey Malibu in her hand — modeled after a Barbie doll — and says to her brother Bart: “A lot of girls grow up wanting to talk like her, thinking they’re just a faux pas, the only goal in life is to look good, marry rich, call same empty friends all day long, awesome. Long What’s it like to be beautiful and find a rich husband?.
Women are not a piece of meat, a sex object, a commercial object, or an ad for cleaning products, which has drawn criticism from both Lisa Simpson and the Barbie director for the modern mercantile beauty society.
This film is not a children’s comedy, but a critique of male gender stereotypes that portray men as narcissistic and shallow megalomaniacs with a sense of superiority, for whom the meaning of their life is physical strength and material possession.
The “ken” stands for empty men who fight out of their empty egos just to be admired, through self-centered behavior that is too superficial and focused on their obsessive quest to attract women’s admiration at all costs.
The male is portrayed as he has historically earned, as a dominant, fascist, often stupid and selfish individual, unable to empathize with the emotional needs of the opposite sex, who sees the opposite sex only as an object or a trophy. There are people of all levels, for whom the privilege of having a dominant male is enough, happiness.
Ruth Handler and her husband, Mattel Inc. founder Elliot Handler, created Barbie dolls. Ruth invented the Barbie doll not to fight for rights and end oppressive and exploitative systems, but quite the opposite, to continue the status quo in society.
With its relentless portrayal of her husband Elliott, the film paints Martell’s executives as the boardroom of a typical American corporation dominated entirely by men who think little, with , they ignore that life is beyond our reach. , the instrumental commodification of power and women, advertising and the production of toys like Barbie that must be locked in a box where they can remain silent (the scene where the executive asks Barbie to shut up and enter the box).
For Barbie, she goes beyond the acceptance of imperfection (a scene in the real world sitting with an older, wise, tender woman) and that all women are beautiful beyond their Age, colour, race, stature or outward appearance. Skin free of cellulite or stretch marks, adorned, made up or covered with a mask that hides the essence of your being, your inner and intellectual potential.
The appearance of cellulite in the movie is to tell teenage girls: Real women are not like Barbie dolls. It is reasonable to be sick, to gain weight, to look beyond the mirror, to wonder what it means to exist in this short life, and to think that after death you have not taken away anything that your self today demands of you. Happiness is through appearance.
Parents, teachers and mentors are thus challenged to guide boys and girls to the truthful message of a film that is not suitable for children under 12 because it requires abstract reasoning and hypothetical deductive thinking to comprehend, which invites adolescents, both male and or female. , questioning the role and influence of advertising, the beauty industry, insatiable consumer stereotypes, and today’s crap-filled social networks can destroy or build a woman’s self-esteem. The new generation is increasingly flooded with digital content without context.
Although the film could be seen as the director’s premeditated vengeance on the masculine gender, generalizing masculinity (apart from the fact that the film’s gay characters are the only characters able to sympathize with Barbie and her cause) as insensitive, dominant, Empty and superficial egocentrism, while not the norm as there are many examples of not-so-dumb men, it is recognized that sexism is worth asserting historically and in consumer industries including movies.
I applaud its director, even though he is more ruthless toward men than women in this sometimes absurd war of the sexes that seeks not equality but domination of the opposite sex, and who questions the scenes in which girls are invited. To think about yourself, to know yourself, to reach your potential, to accept yourself, to follow your dreams, to accept women of all kinds, with every case or facade, as long as their worth gives them the courage of their soul, their heart and their bravery, and their Historically belittled and undervalued wisdom.
With the FIFA Women’s World Cup looming this summer, women are in the spotlight in the world’s most-watched sport. The girls of 2023 will wake up to other realities that are undoubtedly necessary and most importantly, fair!
German Estrada Marino
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