How Barbie Cis-ified The Matrix - Patron Version
Added 2023-11-21 22:00:03 +0000 UTCI know this one is a bit behind the relevancy curve (though maybe in awards season it'll become topical again) but I finally found time to watch the Barbie movie and I had many thoughts about it; because I think it ultimately comes to represent a lot of my hopes and frustrations with the current ongoing discourse surrounding politics, gender and related issues that I just need to discuss. I'm rather proud of what this one dives into. Also it gave me a chance to talk about The Matrix again haha. Barbie is structured much like The Matrix and its subsequent sequels… yet Barbie ultimately shies away from the same revolutionary statements of those films and underscores Barbie’s central failings at grappling with a basic feminist framework that falls short of comprehending the intersecting systems of power that gender finds itself as a critical cross gap between.
FYI; the next video is (FINALLY) the Star Wars video!!!!!!!!! I promise it'll have been worth it! Also; I'll have the patreon exclusive full interview with Princess Weekes about Barbie up later this week!
Comments
The scene from Matrix Resurrections, "You changed the meaning of us" hit me really hard the first time I saw it and it still makes me cry a bit seeing it here.
Za.Law
2023-11-24 08:17:44 +0000 UTCThis one prompted *me* to finally watch the damn thing myself, since I like to do that when and if I can before delving into other viewpoints. I did like the movie more than I thought I would, but being privileged as I am is the very reason I quickly seek out differing perspectives once I’m finished with a film. There were enough nuances that I missed, and some that I couldn’t put to words outside of ‘a weird feeling’ that this review was helpful to me post-movie. Thanks!! Especially being a retail worker, the whole “teehee we’re just a quirky little corporation” depiction of Mattel is something I’ll never buy into these days. That felt rough. That all said, a side note— I had the pooping dog as a kid and I SQUEALED when it first appeared. 😂
Rebecca J. Soloway
2023-11-23 07:16:32 +0000 UTC
