reporter: and america, you play one of the few characters who is not a doll, who is not a barbie in the movie. you re a real-life person going through real-life challenges as a working woman. what happens when you and barbie meet finally? i don t want to spoil anything. reporter: don t spoil it. give us the moment that gloria and barbie connect, i just started like bawling. and it felt so beautiful that a grown woman could explore her imagination and her playfulness, and really be enthusiastic about something that she loved and something that was playful and inspiring to her, and that that didn t have to be in contradiction to her as like a grown serious professional woman. reporter: i have to be honest, though. i was not a barbie-obsessed girl. i was too busy jumping out of trees and racing boys and trying
like. absolutely, there will be people who say this is just digital playfulness and what happens on the screen stays on the screen and we should not get too worried about it but i don t accept that at all. i think this breaks down a very important barrier about harming children and about sexualising those who are underage and once you start breaking down those barriers in society, they are going to spill over into the real world very quickly indeed and we will see an uptick in real life harms to children. and very anxious about this indeed. about this indeed. thank you very much for talking about this indeed. thank you very much for talking to about this indeed. thank you very much for talking to us, about this indeed. thank you very much for talking to us, lord i much for talking to us, lord bethell. you can get information and support for issues covered in that film via bbc action line bbc.co.uk/actionline or by calling 0800110100.
engaging with some orientalist paintings in a reallyjoyful way. you re like, these are great paintings! yeah, because as an artist, i believe my eye. then, i found myself in the world of orientalist or the patterns or the tiles or the carpets as a piece of an artwork, as already so important as it is. genuinely, you re sort of like, there s a respect for that tradition which you feel deeply. i do. i respect arts that s why, maybe, yeah. i love the playfulness of ardan s work. there s a real coming together of worlds here, of different layers her fascination with the repetition and abstraction of islamic art, the way she embraces and evolves that vexed orientalist world view by looking at it through the warholian lens
paintings in a reallyjoyful way. you re like, these are great paintings! yeah, because as an artist, i believe my eye. then, i found myself in the world of orientalist or the patterns or the tiles or the carpets as a piece of an artwork, as already so important as it is. genuinely, you re sort of like, there s a respect for that tradition which you feel deeply. i do. i respect arts that s why, maybe, yeah. i love the playfulness of ardan s work. there s a real coming together of worlds here, of different layers her fascination with the repetition and abstraction of islamic art, the way she embraces and evolves that vexed orientalist world view by looking at it through the warholian lens of a pop art sensibility. all that, for me, really encapsulates what i ve been discovering
showing me all of that. shall i tell you what i find quite surprising? orientalism it feels like something that today people are so critical of but you re engaging with some orientalist paintings in a reallyjoyful way. you re like, these are great paintings! yeah, because as an artist, i believe my eye. then, i found myself in the world of orientalist or the patterns or the tiles or the carpets as a piece of an artwork, as already so important as it is. genuinely, you re sort of like, there s a respect for that tradition which you feel deeply. i do. i respect arts that s why, maybe, yeah. i love the playfulness of ardan s work. there s a real coming together of worlds here, of different layers her fascination with the repetition and abstraction of islamic art, the way she embraces and evolves that vexed orientalist world view by looking at it