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This is an archive article published on July 28, 2023
Lisa Ray questions silence of ‘woke millenials’ around Barbie: ‘How are you not up in arms’
Lisa Ray said that Greta Gerwig's recently released film, Barbie is popularising the agent of 'female oppression'.
Actor Lisa Ray has questioned audience's silence over the film Barbie. (Photo: Instagram/lisaraniray/barbiethemovie)
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Lisa Ray questions silence of ‘woke millenials’ around Barbie: ‘How are you not up in arms’
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Actor and former model, Lisa Ray has questioned ‘millennial’ audience and socially aware youngsters for staying silent over the recently released movie Barbie. In Lisa’s opinion, the film has given a grand platform to the dolls, which were at one point accused of promoting female oppression.
The film, directed by Greta Gerwig, stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in the roles of Barbie and her boyfriend Ken respectively.
Lisa also contemplated that the reason young social media influencers are promoting the film is because of the marketing budget.
In a long tweet, Lisa wrote, “Genuine question to the Woke millennials and Gen Zers: how are you not only not up in arms over the Barbie movie – which is really a huge marketing push for an agent of female oppression cloaked as a movie – but many of you are also participating in Barbiecore and posting cute photos in hot pink? How?!”
She continued, “I see young influencers who raise the alarm against social inequalities and sexism and yet are fervently celebrating a movie that not [sic] matter how subversive, brings unwelcome Barbie standards and its legacy to the next generation of girls. I can only think that marketing budgets got to them. Please enlighten.”
Genuine question to the Woke millennials and Gen Zers: how are you not only not up in arms over the Barbie movie – which is really a huge marketing push for an agent of female oppression cloaked as a movie – but many of you are also participating in Barbiecore and posting cute…
— Lisa Ray (@Lisaraniray) July 28, 2023
Lisa is not the only one to call out the film. Earlier, celebrities such as Juhi Parmar, Mira Kapoor and Sona Mohapatra expressed their disappointment with the film. Juhi thrashed the movie, saying she had to leave the theatre with her daughter within 15 minutes of the film’s start because of the PG13 content and language.
Barbie clashed at the box office with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. While Margot’s film is ahead globally, Cillian Murphy’s film is leading the ticket counters in India.
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