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So when the trailer for the upcoming live-action Barbie movie opened with a shot of star Margot Robbie stepping out of Barbie's marabou stilettos, still on tiptoes, the internet exploded. A Doll's House Culture There's plenty to consider about Barbie, but let's start with her feet. One of the reasons Mattel resisted bringing Barbie to the big screen for so long is because the company worked hard to modernize the brand and establish that Barbie is not one body, one personality, one woman. Still, in an interview for this story, Brenner called Gerwig's film "not a feminist movie", a sentiment echoed by other Mattel executives I spoke with. [Extracted from the article] |
