I can't believe the RW completely missed the point of the Barbie movie.

[speak easy]

I mean, this is the perceptive crowd that worked out that J6 was patriotic tourists with 'Love in their hearts' (TFG) wanting to actively participate in the democratic process. -sarcasm

[SPOILERS]

At the end of movie Barbie chooses to live in the real world, with all the patriarchy, tears, and death that comes with it, over Barbie Land, where every day is perfect, and Barbie dolls can be whatever they want to be. Barbie makes that decision after her mother, Ruth Handler (the inventor of Barbie) shows her the joys - of being a child, of growing up, of love, and (gasp) of being a parent.

The real world is anything but perfect, but, as Ruth says to Barbie,“We mothers stand still so our daughters can look back to see how far they have come”.

And the RW thinks Barbie devalues mothers and family. Of course they do. Their family values are little kids doing active shooter drills. But anything - anything that threatens fragile male egos, even comedy, must be woke beyond belief.

[orthoclad]

1. They don't care about the point,

they just want to stir up feces. And it's working.

[speak easy]

2. It's not working against Barbie though

$26m - a record box office for a Monday.

[orthoclad]

4. They don't care about the movie,

they just want to "own libs" and dominate the conversation-space. Keeps us from talking about the climate, voter suppression, and this:

?itok=fh64bNke

-Congressional Budget Office, https://www.cbo.gov/publication/58533

[thatcrowwoman]

18. That graph is powerfully blunt, orthoclad.

Stunning.
That’s the facts, Jack!
Many thanks.
🕊thatcrowwoman

[orthoclad]

21. I'd like to find a version with

some finer divisions in the categories, esp. the top 1%. Maybe also the 0.01%.

Picture also how the bottom 20% would look on that scale.

[efhmc]

10. Read it is more in one day than all of DeSatan's political contributions.

[grumpyduck]

3. You beat me to it.

Anything to keep their minions pissed off..

[sheshe2]

5. The RW is not very bright.

[Ocelot II]

6. But... but... one of the Barbies is trans!

That's wayyy too woke right there.

[AllaN01Bear]

14. hem. star trek discovery is too woke to them as well.

[canuckledragger]

17. The only issue that I have with ST Discovery is the one that plays Michael Burnham.

And that's completely from an acting standpoint. For a character that was supposed to be raised by Vulcans and trained in their ways...she goes nuts emotionally every chance she gets!

She overacts to the point that it takes you out the scene. Other than that, I like that multiple facets of LGTBQ people are represented, and not in a wishy washy way that previous ST shows did.

[orthoclad]

22. In season 3 of TOS,

Spock was having an emotional crisis every other episode, iirc. I guess they're mining that trope.

[Chili Pepper]

7. My guess is that the vast majority

Of those complaining about the movie and its “message” haven’t even seen it.

[efhmc]

9. Cruz says he has not.

[usonian]

8. I may have to see this movie.

It sounds like a Buddhist parable from the Lotus Sutra.

Great beings return to this earth to help others instead of lounging in some boring old heaven.

Reminds me of that other Buddhist movie: Groundhog Day

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1270&pid=8352

One gigantic lesson Phil learns is that there is no need to "escape to some other place", since he has, through his own human revolution, transformed a dismal and mundane place (Punxsutawney) into a land of tranquil light, an endless cycle of dissatisfaction, disdain and ignorance into endless opportunities for selflessness, compassion and wisdom. 𑁍

[keithbvadu2]

11. Funny that Pence, Josh Hawley, and MTG did not go out to greet those patriotic tourists with 'Love i

Funny that Pence, Josh Hawley, and MTG did not go out to greet those patriotic tourists with 'Love in their hearts'.

[AllaN01Bear]

12. these are the same people who devalued the power rangers and the tellytubbies .

[madaboutharry]

13. The right-wing doesn't do nuance.

Barbie, The Movie is too sophisticated and the message too deep for them. It went over their heads.

I will bet some of the loudest right wing bloviators didn't even see the movie.

[relayerbob]

16. More likely, all, not some

[relayerbob]

15. Of course they don't

They have no interest in living in the real world.

[Kablooie]

19. They see the downfall of the patriarchy in Barbieland.

But their whole being is based on building an permanent, all powerful patriarchy here in the real world.

[Johonny]

20. Because RWers devalue mothers and women