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Episode 164: Barbie

Beyond the Screenplay

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The Subversive Movie

"Barbie" is a movie where much more of it takes place in this incredibly designed plastic Barbie world that just looks so good and fanciful. It really speaks to, I don't know, this longing that you have to like the escapist piece, but at the same time is doing all the structural things it needs to be doing. "I had that sinking feeling when they were going in the real world," says director Judd Apatow. 'We're never going to be stuck in thereal world until the third act'

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