Barbie (2023)

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Wikidata Q55436290, film, IMDb tt1517268, TMDB 346698: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Margot Robbie as actor/producer (The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along); 7 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

In the store as #568, Barbie (2023).

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

A Minecraft Movie: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (template): Barbie ⇒ A Minecraft Movie (the host's read). Barbie is the template: IP plus adult-pleasing stars bridging generations.
    “This movie has a lot in common with Barbie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Connected to

A Minecraft Movie: 4 lines unmapped ×3 industry ×1

  1. unmapped (same phenomenon): A Minecraft Movie → Barbie. Minecraft, Barbie and Super Mario are recent hits of new-to-kids, adapted IP.
    “when you look at Barbie, when you look at the Super Mario Brothers movie, when you look at a handful of like recent phenomenon like this movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:10:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Masters of the Universe: 2 lines contrast ×1 unmapped ×1

  1. contrast (inverse comp): Masters of the Universe → Barbie. Masters of the Universe is Barbie in reverse: Barbie escapes the fantasy world to become real, Adam wants to go back to it.
    “And this movie is is Barbie in reverse, because Barbie is a movie about, obviously, femininity, the glass ceiling, self-determinism”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 0:48:12 · unknown (Griffin or Sean) (0.40 sure it was them)

The Lego Movie: 2 lines verdict ×2

  1. verdict (ranking): Barbie → The Lego Movie. Barbie sits at the top of the toy-movie heap, along with the first Lego Movie.
    “Barbie, obviously, I think now sits as like, arguably the top of the heap, along with, I would say, the Lego movie, the 1st Lego movie”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 1:30:19 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

Babylon: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (release-order what-if): Babylon → Barbie. A speaker argues Babylon would have done bigger business had Barbie come out before it.
    “If Barbie had come out before Babylon, how big is Babylon?”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:10:53 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Greta Gerwig: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (auteur respect): Barbie → Greta Gerwig. Barbie's Oscar push comes from the overwhelming respect for Gerwig, which female directors did not used to get.
    “There's an overwhelming amount of respect for her that female directors just didn't use to get.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 0:46:04 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Kathleen Turner: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Kathleen Turner → Barbie. Barb's dream-house speech to the nanny reminds the speaker of the Barbie monologue.
    “This is real like I saw the monologue in Barbie once.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:25:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Look Who's Talking: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (box office legs): Look Who's Talking → Barbie. Number one for five straight weeks with similar takes, compared to the cultural impact of Barbie.
    “it was like the Barbie of its moments.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 2:06:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Margot Robbie: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career thread): Margot Robbie → Barbie. Robbie's beauty is called a feature in Amsterdam, Babylon and Barbie alike.
    “beauty is still like at the center of most of the parts that she takes on in Amsterdam in this movie and Barbie, like her beauty is a is a feature, not a bug.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:23:08 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Mean Girls: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (moviegoing experience): Mean Girls → Barbie. Seeing Mean Girls alone in an IMAX theater surrounded by young women in bright colors felt just like seeing Barbie.
    “It was very similar to Barbie.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 0:50:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Noah Baumbach: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (negotiations): Noah Baumbach → Barbie. Baumbach and Gerwig are reportedly negotiating a payday to return to Barbie, while Baumbach goes to Warner's Clockwork.
    “Bombach and Gerwig are currently mired into negotiations to get a really good payday to come back to Barbie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 0:08:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Poor Things: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (comparison): Poor Things → Barbie. Both arrived as feminist coming-of-age stories about a created girl learning about the world, six weeks apart.
    “it was about 6 weeks after the Barbie wave and there are some really obvious comparisons to be made here.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:33:58 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

Rodrigo Prieto: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (cinematographer's year): Rodrigo Prieto → Barbie. Prieto shot both Killers and Barbie, and maybe the forthcoming Taylor Swift film.
    “when are you guys going to do the Rodrigo Prieto episode between Barbie and this?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:00:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

The Truman Show: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Truman Show → Barbie. Linney studied 1950s Sears catalogs for her poses, as Gerwig consulted for Barbie.
    “Greta Irwig consulted where for Barbie because she wanted to create that world”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:17:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career thread): Margot Robbie → Barbie. Robbie's beauty is called a feature in Amsterdam, Babylon and Barbie alike.
    “beauty is still like at the center of most of the parts that she takes on in Amsterdam in this movie and Barbie, like her beauty is a is a feature, not a bug.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:23:08 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): Kathleen Turner → Barbie. Barb's dream-house speech to the nanny reminds the speaker of the Barbie monologue.
    “This is real like I saw the monologue in Barbie once.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:25:30 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (inverse comp): Masters of the Universe → Barbie. Masters of the Universe is Barbie in reverse: Barbie escapes the fantasy world to become real, Adam wants to go back to it.
    “And this movie is is Barbie in reverse, because Barbie is a movie about, obviously, femininity, the glass ceiling, self-determinism”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 0:48:12 · unknown (Griffin or Sean) (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (box office legs): Look Who's Talking → Barbie. Number one for five straight weeks with similar takes, compared to the cultural impact of Barbie.
    “it was like the Barbie of its moments.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 2:06:56 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. industry (studio sibling): A Minecraft Movie → Barbie. Barbie came from the same studio, which the speaker thinks worth noting.
    “So to me, like, I actually think Barbie is like a template setter.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:15:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): The Truman Show → Barbie. Linney studied 1950s Sears catalogs for her poses, as Gerwig consulted for Barbie.
    “Greta Irwig consulted where for Barbie because she wanted to create that world”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ With Bill Simmons, Glen Powell, and Chris Ryan · 1:17:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (auteur respect): Barbie → Greta Gerwig. Barbie's Oscar push comes from the overwhelming respect for Gerwig, which female directors did not used to get.
    “There's an overwhelming amount of respect for her that female directors just didn't use to get.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 0:46:04 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (cinematographer's year): Rodrigo Prieto → Barbie. Prieto shot both Killers and Barbie, and maybe the forthcoming Taylor Swift film.
    “when are you guys going to do the Rodrigo Prieto episode between Barbie and this?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:00:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (comparison): Poor Things → Barbie. Both arrived as feminist coming-of-age stories about a created girl learning about the world, six weeks apart.
    “it was about 6 weeks after the Barbie wave and there are some really obvious comparisons to be made here.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:33:58 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)

unmapped (6)

  1. unmapped (negotiations): Noah Baumbach → Barbie. Baumbach and Gerwig are reportedly negotiating a payday to return to Barbie, while Baumbach goes to Warner's Clockwork.
    “Bombach and Gerwig are currently mired into negotiations to get a really good payday to come back to Barbie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 0:08:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (scene comp): Masters of the Universe → Barbie. The Skeletor-in-He-Man's-brain sequence is where the movie cooks the way Barbie does, unconcerned with explaining its logic.
    “And that felt to me like where the movie was fully cooking in a Barbie-esque way.”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 1:04:35 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (same phenomenon): A Minecraft Movie → Barbie. Minecraft, Barbie and Super Mario are recent hits of new-to-kids, adapted IP.
    “when you look at Barbie, when you look at the Super Mario Brothers movie, when you look at a handful of like recent phenomenon like this movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:10:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (template): A Minecraft Movie → Barbie. Barbie is the template: IP plus adult-pleasing stars bridging generations.
    “This movie has a lot in common with Barbie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:14:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  5. unmapped (mixed-feelings precedent): A Minecraft Movie → Barbie. Barbie wasn't Sean's favorite that year, but he's glad it happened; same attitude to Minecraft.
    “Barbie wasn't my favorite movie of that year, but I liked it.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:45:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (moviegoing experience): Mean Girls → Barbie. Seeing Mean Girls alone in an IMAX theater surrounded by young women in bright colors felt just like seeing Barbie.
    “It was very similar to Barbie.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 0:50:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

verdict (2)

  1. verdict (ranking): Barbie → The Lego Movie. Barbie sits at the top of the toy-movie heap, along with the first Lego Movie.
    “Barbie, obviously, I think now sits as like, arguably the top of the heap, along with, I would say, the Lego movie, the 1st Lego movie”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 1:30:19 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (ranking): Barbie → The Lego Movie. Of the whole toy-movie canon, only Barbie and The Lego Movie came from a cynical place and ended somewhere fairly pure.
    “And then you're like, really, it's only Barbie and Lego movie that came from the cynical place and ended up somewhere fairly pure.”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 1:40:04 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (release-order what-if): Babylon → Barbie. A speaker argues Babylon would have done bigger business had Barbie come out before it.
    “If Barbie had come out before Babylon, how big is Babylon?”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:10:53 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

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