Where Margot Robbie’s Barbie glides on raised heels, this Barbie plods jankily through a CGI Uncanny Valley wasteland. She once lived, not in a dollhouse, but in the Weekly section of your local Blockbuster throughout the noughties. This is the Barbie of Mattel’s ‘Straight to VHS, then later DVD, then even later streaming’ empire, which she rules over with an animated fist. I think of this Barbie: Image: Mattel Films/ Canva. I mean, Barbie the Existential Margot Robbie Doll is not the first thing I think of when I picture Barbie. I don’t mean that in a philosophical way. The thing is: I don’t recognise this Barbie at all. I’m the Barbie everyone thinks of when they say, “Think of a Barbie!”‘ In her own words, Gerwig’s Barbie says: ‘I’m Stereotypical Barbie.
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