Hot takes, cold takes, pink takes, patriarchy takes, mother/daughter takes: ‘Barbie’ offers grist for every media millĬonsider Gerwig’s backyard, for another example: Despite the blinding success of “Barbie,” Hollywood remains a dug-in patriarchy, far likelier to hire Ken than Barbie. Opinion Abcarian: The most overanalyzed movie in cinema history? Kenough, already, “Barbie” pundits! My generation can be hypersensitive to push back about women’s roles, as the list of problems to be solved - access to choice, an enduring gender pay gap - seems to grow rather than shrink. I’ll concede that my indignation is in part a function of being old enough to be Gerwig’s mother. Neither one is the equivalent of being our daughters’ GPS. ![]() ![]() We all stand still at one time or another, but Gerwig’s first example was a temporary choice by a busy working-mom, and the second involved no choice at all. She was thinking of two personal experiences: The first, when she watched her young kids run around like crazy safe in the knowledge that Mom, their North Star, had not moved and the second, her grandmother’s death. I am relieved to say that my interpretation of the “stand still” line was not what Gerwig intended. With ‘Barbie,’ it seems director Greta Gerwig wanted to comment on our youth-obsessed culture and remind us that there is beauty in people of all ages. California Column: What ‘Barbie’ teaches us about the beauty of growing old
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