What is feminism again? Is it feminism to offer a long-legged, snub-nosed plastic doll with a pilot’s hat for sale, or is it just perfectly normal capitalism? Is it feminism to hire a director for a “Barbie” feature film who recently shot a gigantic, unfeminist historical tidbit about a bunch of sisters who keep crying and hugging each other and talking about men (“Little Women”)? After all, a woman. Is it feminism to make a comedy (which works well in its own right) like “Barbie” – a film about a beautiful woman and a man in the back row? Is that a topic that worries the world so madly today? The man in the second row?
Congratulations, Mattel: Why “Barbie” is a capitalist film. – Culture
