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The Making of a PG-13 Movie: Challenging Expectations and Embracing Creativity

From the outset, the intention was to create a PG-13 movie that could occupy a space between hard R and soft PG./nThe writers were inspired by PG-13 movies like Clueless, which had sophisticated humor that appealed to both adults and younger audiences./nThe writers embraced the freedom provided by the pandemic and took risks in creating a crazy and unmakeable Barbie movie./nThere was no pressure to please anyone during the creative process.

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