Finally, the Barbie film is here, for which we must be thankful, as the tsunami of pre-publicity meant you probably felt obliged to lock your bathroom door so the trailers didn’t follow you in there.
They should have called this Ken but I guess that’s not going to help bring down the patriarchy
It’s a film that wants to have it all ways.

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