Hollywood's fear of trying to create something new, and so they turn to something old, something known. The idea that we're in this moment with the pandemic, multiplexes are just not bringing in audiences the way they used to do. I could feel myself leaning into it and being kind of curious about it and also feeling scared, which is usually when there's something good about it.
Is Barbie a toy commercial doubling as the first installment of an inevitable Mattel Cinematic Universe? Or does it have something important to say? Barbie’s multitudes, explained.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.
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