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Cinema

Should be called Ken: Barbie reviewed

22 July 2023

9:00 AM

22 July 2023

9:00 AM

Barbie

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Finally, the Barbie film is here, for which we must be thankful, as the tsunami of pre-publicity meant you probably felt obliged to lock your bathroom door so the trailers didn’t follow you in there.

It’s a film that wants to have it all ways. Let’s parody Barbie but also isn’t she a feminist? There’s of lot of zeitgeist appeasement going on here.

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