Greta Gerwig's new film is about the ridiculous expectations around womanhood. The writer-director has nestled that in this bright and bubbly adventure with a pair of dolls. "I think it's like Greta kind of pushes it in directions that I didn't think they would let us go," she said.
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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