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Barbie which was the biggest hit of 2023, the highest-grossing movie ever directed by a woman and a bona fide cultural sensation that turned movie theaters pink and left a still-going trail of think pieces in the wake of Greta Gerwig’s feminist fantasia.
Though the “Barbie” received eight Academy Awards nominations, including best picture, Director Greta Gerwig and actress Margot Robbie failed to land directing and lead actress Oscar nominations. However, “Barbie” actor Ryan Gosling, earned a best supporting actor nomination.
Their omissions from the Oscar nomination list sparked a sharp reaction from fans on X (formerly Twitter) as many said the same patriarchy parodied in “Barbie” at work.
Writer Charlotte Clymer wrote, “Let me see if I understand this: the Academy nominated “Barbie” for Best Picture (eight nominations total) — a film about women being sidelined and rendered invisible in patriarchal structures — but not the woman who directed the film. Okay then.”
Novelist Brad Meltzer wrote, “Nominating Ken but not Barbie is literally the plot of the movie”
Activist Shanon Watts wrote, “The iconic Barbie monologue delivered by the brilliant, Oscar nominated America Ferrera really rings true after the movie’s director, Greta Gerwig, was passed over for an Oscar nomination … even though the movie she created was nominated for Best Picture.”
One user wrote, “Barbie getting a Nomination for best picture but not best director is so weird cause like. no one walked away from that thinking “that was the best movie of the year” but everyone walked away from that thinking how they should let more women direct big budget Fun Movies like it deserves a best director nom more than a best picture nom Greta ate so hard with that”
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