As a boy in the 1980s, I don’t want to admit to playing with Barbies. But I do have a sister, and she had Barbies, and I probably did play with them. At least when the two of us were playing together.
I did get most of the references in the movie, and I did enjoy it. I think my favorite was Weird Barbie, because every girl I know really did have that one doll with the cut hair and crayon marks.
I kind of assumed they were all real, even though I didn’t specifically remember them. Allan was the one I was skeptical of, but yes, he was a real toy, too.
Same here. I just watched the movie on a plane and really enjoyed it. I understood most of the references just fine and I thought it was the perfect combination of comedy, satire, and existential musing, and I even got a little teary-eyed when Ruth was explaining to Barbie what becoming human would mean for her.
And flat feet. It’s only a single second shot but we can see the physical change when she gets out of the car to go to the appointment. She’s wearing the Birkenstocks and they do not have a heel on them. So the process of becoming human erased all the Barbie differences.