Greta Gerwig's Barbie is making history at the box office and shifting the discourse, and part of that discourse is people who completelymisread the film's themes and message to push their own brands or agendas.
A TikTok from a relationship coach named Kelley (@kelleymbode) is one good example. She has more than 55,000 followers and her account is full of the kind of vague, heteronormative relationship advice you can find all over the app.
So her "review" of Barbie is framed that way: The film's "sole purpose," she says, "is to brainwash women into hating men. By using lies and exaggerated caricatures of who men and women are." The TikTok has more than 1.8 million views.
Now, if you saw Barbie, the first question you'll likely have—and the top one in the comments—is whether she actually watched the movie. Both Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) discover who they are in their own separate character journeys, and the message is literally spelled out for Ken on a sweatshirt.
"Did you watch the movie!? Lol I’m a man and I got the memo!" said one commenter.
The stitches with her TikTok expanded on the notion that Barbie causing women to hate men is quite the reach, when there are so many other factors: "I actually haven't even seen the movie and I already hate men," said @melaniealexandraaaa. "So riddle me that."
Unsurprisingly, TikTok is full of wild takes on the film—that it's propaganda, that Barbie is gay—but a lot of people seem to be missing the emotional, communal, and generational reasons why this film is being so embraced right now. And the fact that it's supposed to be a fun experience.
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