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Barbie is not really a film about Barbie at all. It’s one hour and 54 minutes of extended misandry, dressed up with a few fun dance routines and one or two (fairly decent) jokes. 

Greta Gerwigs new film has generated a lot of hype. Barbie: The Worlds Most Famous Plastic Doll.

Allan will likely be one of your favorite characters in 'Barbie.'

Learn the history of the world's most famous doll. From 1959 to her evolution into a cultural icon with global appeal and controversy around unrealistic beauty standards.

Greta Gerwig made ‘Barbie’ into a weird movie based on a famous toy line. Should that be enough? Co-starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Dua Lipa, America Ferrera, and Michael Cera.

Unless you’ve been living under a giant pink rock for the past couple of months, you’ll have noticed the sheer level of hype surrounding the new Barbie movie.

Barbie and her sisters, Stacy and Skipper, were all born in Wisconsin. “And, yes,” Barbie said, “we all like cheese and the Packers.”

“Barbie” is a lovely, eccentrically imaginative example of brand extension and raw, untrammeled commercialism. Well, maybe a little trammeled. Any $145 million studio movie based on a doll, accessories sold separately, no doubt comes with a few restrictions. And yet this one actually feels spontaneous, and fun. Co-writer and director Greta Gerwig’s project — her third consecutive success ...

Greta Gerwigs new film has generated a lot of hype. But what is behind the mystique of Barbie — the doll that has always been more than just a toy.

Almost 30 years ago, when I researched and wrote a history of the people and ideas that led to the creation of Barbie, I had no doubt she would be