greta gerwig s barbie pays homage to the iconic doll, but in the same breath it also pokes holes at the beauty standards that barbie sets for women. the cast breathes life into these plastic doll characters by giving them heart and humour. ryan gosling shines as barbie s boyfriend ken, but behind the belly laughs, there is a deeper meaning. barbieland is a matriarchal paradise, but we later find ourselves questioning if this is at the expense of the ken characters. barbie has confounded the naysayers, proving that films with female characters made by female directors can be huge international blockbusters. just before barbie was released, i noticed the arrival of a 25th anniversary director s cut
battles, ballads, an interesting takes on the patriarchy and womanhood that have resonated with many. s greta s babi has paid homage to the iconic doll but in the same breath it also pokes holes at the beauty standards that babi sets for women. the cast breathes life into this plastic doll character by giving them heart and humour. ryan gosling signs as babi s boyfriend, but behind their belly laughs, there is a deeper meaning. it s babi land is matriarchal paradise, but we later find ourselves questioning if this is at the expense of the canned characters. babi has confounded the naysayers, proving that films with female characters made by female directors cans be huge international
homage to the iconic doll, but in the same breath it also pokes holes at the beauty standards that barbie sets for women. the cast breathes life into these plastic doll characters by giving them heart and humour. ryan gosling shines as barbie s boyfriend ken, but behind the belly laughs, there is a deeper meaning. barbieland is matriarchal paradise, but we later find ourselves questioning if this is at the expense of the ken characters. barbie has confounded the naysayers, proving that films with female characters made by female directors can be huge, international blockbusters. just before barbie was released, i noticed the arrival of the 25th anniversary of a classic documentary
belly laughs anymore and if you watch, i dare anybody to watch the dentist sketch with harvey and tim and not lose it. doctor, if it s going to hurt, please give me something to kill the pain. yeah, okay, well, got some novocain right here. hold on a minute. let s see how this works here. novocain, take a firm hold of the hyperdermic needle, right. there will be a little bit of pain and then numbness will set in. it still holds up. it s hysterically funny to this day and it s about 50 years old and forget it. a lot of what i did, wanted was