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Why do Republicans hate the Barbie movie?

Why do Republicans hate the Barbie movie?

Politics Weekly America vor 3 Jahren

Is the outrage real or is it just another example of politics employing a culture war to rally the base? Jonathan Freedland and Amanda Marcotte try to figure it out

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Moviegoers flocked to cinemas last weekend for the highly
anticipated release of two of the year’s biggest movies –
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. But
conservatives have slated Barbie for being, among other things, too
‘woke’, anti-men and even … Chinese propaganda. Is the outrage real
or is it just another example of politics employing a culture war
to rally the base? Jonathan Freedland and Amanda Marcotte try to
figure it out