▲ 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.”
[–] Axium@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago they simply gave them slightly better benefits than they had before and still expected to be able to treat them like crap. Or as the movie puts it: "Eventually you'll have the same rights women do in the real world" Did you actually watch the movie? Returning to oppressing the Kens was literally the point to mirror the equal rights movement irl. permalink fedilink source parent