▲ 43 ▼ Why Did ‘Barbie’ Bomb in South Korea? (www.hollywoodreporter.com) submitted 3 years ago by realcaseyrollins@kbin.projectsegfau.lt to c/moviesandtv@lemmy.film 43 comments fedilink hide all child comments A lack of cultural nostalgia attached to the toy and wariness of the film's feminist messaging may have kept the Korean audience away from the Hollywood mega-hit: "There is no real fan base for 'Barbie' in Korea.”
[–] seejur@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) Isn't that why men say that if they want to get the same privileges they should enroll as well? The caviat is that the mandatory service is two years long, which most Korean women don't want to waste in the military permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kamenoko@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) No rational human should ever want to waste 2 years of their life learning how to kill. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Axium@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago That's a perfectly reasonable thing to learn whilst still technically at war with a tyrannical socialist neighbour. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kamenoko@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) No rational human should ever want to waste 2 years of their life learning how to kill. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Axium@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago That's a perfectly reasonable thing to learn whilst still technically at war with a tyrannical socialist neighbour. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Axium@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago That's a perfectly reasonable thing to learn whilst still technically at war with a tyrannical socialist neighbour. permalink fedilink source parent