"Go woke and go broke"

[Swede]

[rownesheck]

1. I'm glad

it beat Oppenheimer. The far right nutjobs are probably crying in their moms' basements, or shooting Barbie dolls with their AR-15s.

[TheProle]

11. Really?

I have absolutely no problem with people seeing Barbie, but this is not some zero-sum game of partisan viewing.

I would hope that a nuanced look at the dawning of the atomic age would hold some interest outside of basements.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. good . i dont want ppl to tell me what i can and cant see. i want to make the decision

myself. i will wait untill it comes out on dvd.

[speak easy]

3. "i will wait untill it comes out on dvd"

.nothing beats seeing it in a theater full of women.

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. Maybe it'll develop a cult following like the Rocky Horror Picture Show did. nt

[keep_left]

4. More like "go fash, lose cash"!

Alt-right culture war shit doesn't sell? Wow, what a surprise!

[canuckledragger]

9. I'm stealing that.

and unlike the woke stuff cons keep lying about...your phrase is actually true!

[keep_left]

14. Go ahead, make my day...lol. It's not mine.

I forget where I first saw it. But I've used the phrase a few times here, and I hope it catches on!

[republianmushroom]

5. I like it

[TheProle]

6. I hope no one finds it exceedingly upsetting that

Barbie's numbers owe much more to the nostalgia and Barbie brand than any attempt to combat fascism or sign up for their "woke" card.

Sure, it's been co-opted by both sides because what isn't these days?

Here's the real "magic-formula":


'Barbie' reportedly had a $150 million marketing budget — more than the movie's actual budget
https://www.insider.com/barbie-had-150-million-marketing-budget-2023-7

Barbie seems like good summer fun, but I wouldn't go mapping the attendance to Dem votes.

[Midwestern Democrat]

10. Frankly, this is just another indictment of how much juvenilia has taken over popular culture.

With stuff like this and the superhero movies dominating current cinema, it's quite clear that the famous bible verse "When I became a man, I put away childish things" is no longer nearly as operative in current society as it once was.

[Recycle_Guru]

13. ☝️☝️☝️☝️THIS right here

agree

[Elessar Zappa]

15. Oh look, a movie snob.

Btw, Barbie isn’t a so-called shallow movie but even if it was, who gives a shit? Newsflash: Movies are entertainment! There’s plenty of serious movies out there that may meet your high standards.

[flying_wahini]

7. Ummm not really. Oppenheimer film is twice as long and can't be booked as often as Barbie.

[Torchlight]

8. When the GOP hates a thing the free market loves, they call it woke.

When the GOP loves a thing the free market hates, the call it cancel culture.

The GOP has a record of whipping out tidy, ten-second excuses for their failures.

[keep_left]

16. Weaponized bumper sticker slogans...

...they are no doubt masters of that.