When the news broke in 2020 that a film about Barbie dolls was to be co-written and directed by Greta Gerwig, the maker of Lady Bird and Little Women, Gerwig’s fans guessed that she would comment on the consumerism and the body-consciousness that the dolls encouraged. And that’s what she did. But one of the...
When the news broke in 2020 that a film about Barbie dolls was to be co-written and directed by Greta Gerwig, the maker of Lady Bird and Little Women, Gerwig’s fans guessed that she would comment on the consumerism and the body-consciousness that the dolls encouraged. And that’s what she did. But one of the...