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Barbie (2023). I bit the bullet.

I didn’t mind it at all, and just watched it for the daftness and the epic tunes. 

I’m not going to read much into a movie about dolls. I got the the whole intention of the male/female power-dynamic/divide or whatever. It’s nothing I’ve ever thought about. Or cared to. Or ever will in this moment of time. 

Never seen a Barbie or Ken doll in my life, never wanted one, and have no interest in these creations. 

I’m sure there is a massive yet subtle subtext to everything in this film, but I’ll leave that to the ‘professionals’. 

It was entertaining. It has made a billion. Is that how easy it is? Movie about Bagpuss next. I want to see Bagpuss on a cocaine binge that Jordan Belfort would clap at.

Meow.

And ‘Barbie Girl’, THE tune of the ’90s, made an ‘appearance’. In a way ….

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