I added this image (with words, for a poster effect) from the film "Barbie" out now for viewing in theatres...
Of course it is a feminist movie, but that is only the surface of the layers of meaning and drama that are going on. IT is all about fear (starting with existential crisis)--but even beyond that, it is a movie that critiques capitalism/consumerism and pseud-reality that we can live "secured" in perfectness as an "IDEAL" for which is really only a 'fear' projection on the "REAL"--and, the layers of deeper meaning are quickly revealed and there is not just coping going on in the movie but there is healing--and there is animism legitimated that "objects" (so-called) actually have "life" and they can transform their makers, and visa versa--boundary crossing in the 'magical' is a welcomed consciousness that is valued and made into a great teaching lesson. Again, beyond the surfaces of pink and pretty-- there is a deep spiritual message for humankind in this movie. Highly recommended. A good specimen to study fear and its role and the mistakes of bad fear management coping strategies that create a 'flaw' that will eventually 'crack' -- of course, I was critical the film (at the end scene especially) did not review the great suffering and tragedy of 'becoming human'-- too bad, Matell and Warner Bros. and producers obviously didn't want to depress people in a movie musical that is supposed to be comedy (with a message). I wish I was director of the film, for I would definitely redo the ending to be more in line with reality of human existence on this planet.
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