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Therapist Reacts to BARBIE

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@garrettwurdeman7133 · 2 years ago
As a young man, my two chief takeaways from Barbie were “I should make my Mom feel loved more” and “I am Kenough”.
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@trinaq · 2 years ago
I love that Barbie's clothes get less pink and more grounded the more time she spends in the real world, culminating in her wearing a yellow dress when she decides to become human. Also, Sasha starts out in all black, but ends up wearing more pink as the film progresses.
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@blublu1966 · 2 years ago
i think the misdirect of barbie having to meet gloria instead of sasha was very impactful because even us daughters forget that our moms were also young girls who had to go through what we are going through if not worse.
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@Arosukir6 · 2 years ago
As member of IATSE I had the privilege of attending a screening of Barbie where the post-production did a Q&A. Someone asked where that montage of women from the end came from. They said the videos came from the post team and other members of the crew! They're  the actual home videos of the women in their lives. It's so personal and beautiful I tear up thinking about it!
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@cupofcoco05 · 2 years ago
The line where Ruth says "we mothers stand still so our daughter can look back to see how far they've come" made me sob. My mom passed 2 months ago, right before my 18th birthday. She was the most supportive, sincere, and compassionate person I've ever known, and she gave me the tools and confidence to pursue my dreams. She will never get the chance to see me grow and achieve my goals, but I will always look back and see how far I've gone because of her.
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@soundgal_sine_qua_non · 2 years ago (edited)
What I love about the "I'm not pretty" line is that she has never seen herself in a functioning mirror. Mirrors in Barbieland don't have glass (as we see in the opening). When another Barbie calls her beautiful, she responds with "I feel beautiful." In this later moment, she know longer feels beautiful, even though her physical features haven't changed.
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@cbpd89 · 2 years ago
I actually loved that this movie has Margot Robbie as Barbie saying and feeling that she wasn't beautiful enough. That feeling of inadequacy isn't limited to only certain women, it is pretty universal. It's like learning that a young Julie Andrews didn't think she'd have a career because she didn't have the talent (true story). It helped me to realize that if people who I think are obviously beautiful and obviously wonderfully talented don't feel like they're enough, then maybe my feelings of inadequacy and insecurity are absolutely unwarranted too.
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@saursaursaur · 2 years ago
The scene of Barbie crying because she "isn't pretty" is something every single girl has said to them time and time again since they were pre-teens. There is SO much pressure on us to be beautiful, and when we don't meet the internalized expectations, we feel so revolting inside and out that it is crushing. It seems to superficial, but its so deep.
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@EnbyGaemer2005 · 2 years ago
The scenes in the park bench where Barbie observes people just existing in all of their aspects (joy, pain, young, old) and the scene where Ruth shows her the montage of life as a human hit me HARD. I have struggled with suicidal ideation in the past and seeing the joy Barbie gets from seeing life just happening around her really makes me realize I'm here and alive because life is messy and painful and complicated but still so much better than just not being.
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@edo0girl2.03 · 2 years ago
Interestingly one thing I took away from this movie that isn't really talked about that much is Ken learning how to love himself without Barbie. The whole thing about "Kenough" is that no one NEEDS to be in a relationship to be fulfilled as a person. Each and every person is capable of doing great on their own, and a relationship should be something you want to have in your life without needing it to feel complete.
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@Moli-sk3fr · 2 years ago
“Talk to a woman and ask her if it spoke to her and why. And just listen, just listen and learn.” The way Jono said that gave me literal chills.
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