The Political Issues of Barbie

There is a scene in the movie where we see a map with a nine dash line which represents China's territorial claims in the South China Sea of violation of Vietnam sovereignty. The National Film Evaluation Council, the Fic, said that they've said and they've done it, they've banned screenings of Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie in their country. You don't think Kate McKinnon's Barbie character has any opinions on any of this stuff? I don't think she does actually know. But it's interesting that of the, of Barbie and Oppenheimer, the one that is causing you political issues is the Barbie one.

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