# Barbie - Teaser Trailer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies, toys-models\ **Created:** [December 16, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-teaser-trailer/976667 "2022-12-16T20:10:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 77
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-teaser-trailer/976667/77 "2023-08-07T08:06:26Z")
> [@steronz](#): > > My take while watching it was that the entire Ken storyline was an exploration of the question, “What would life be like for a Ken in the Barbie universe,” and nothing more. Hmm, my take was that the treatment of all the male characters in the movie had a strong undercurrent of “What would a movie be like if all the male characters were basically nothing but plot mechanisms and/or silly comic relief and gender stereotypes, and all the characters who get to be actual people with thoughts and feelings taken seriously were female?” There are a shit-ton of movies out there (fewer nowadays than formerly, natch) where all the “actual people” characters are male, and female characters exist simply as a foil to them or background set dressing. Barbie swaps the genders in that style of filmmaking, and I suspect that that’s why some male viewers found it absolutely insulting and offensive. A fictional universe where no men get respected or taken seriously as individual human beings WHAAAAAAAAT. 😡 🤬 Mind you, I don’t think the movie was trying to imply that men shouldn’t be respected and taken seriously. It’s a parody. Moreover, it’s a sometimes-incoherent mix of parody and direct social critique, which IMHO is somewhat less effective than sticking with one or the other. Still, very enjoyable movie, fresh and funny in a lot of ways. I’d probably say B+, but I am likely underrating it because, [as I’ve noted,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently/699906/6813) as a moviegoer I am crap at noticing or appreciating any of the artistic visual/cinematographic stuff that movies do, and I hear that Barbie was quite highly praised in that regard. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbie-teaser-trailer/976667)._