Many Blockbusters are Politically Vague (But Barbie Isn't One of Them)
23New essay discussing how Barbie makes a bold political statement (which is unlike many big blockbuster movies these days)
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Music Credits
Half Mystery by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5026-half-mystery
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flow
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Video Credits (Trailers)
Barbie
Avengers Infinity War
Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars Revenge Of The Sith
Star Wars The Last Jedi
Photo Credits
Jordan Strauss / Invision / AP
Greta Gerwig barbie
Information Credits
Lindsay Ellis video “The Ideology Of The First Order”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAVeyXwy3BE&pp=ygUdTGluZHNheSBlbGxpcyB0aGUgZmlyc3Qgb3JkZXI%3D
Mira Singer Article “Making Sympathetic Antagonists (and Why Thanos wasn’t One)
https://mythcreants.com/blog/making-sympathetic-antagonists-and-why-thanos-wasnt-one/
UN World Hunger
https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/10/1048452
EuroNews article by Francisca Rockey on Eco Fascism and racism
https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/03/21/the-dangers-of-eco-fascism-and-why-it-s-a-veneer-for-racist-beliefs
Tired Earth Article by Rosmel Rodriguez
https://tiredearth.com/articles/overpopulation-theories-a-threat-to-human-rights
Vox article by David Roberts about Overpopulation and its negative connotations
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/9/26/16356524/the-population-question