The Barbie movie reminded me about how when I was little my parents were upset that I kept making my Barbie dolls kiss, so they bought me a Ken doll. The next day they found me having a funeral for poor Ken in the garden, he had died of tuberculosis. All the Barbies were in attendance and I buried him under our rose bush. The Barbies were too poor to afford a headstone (it was 1875) so I didn’t mark where the grave was and I never could find him again. He’s probably still there.
Greta Gerwig fought with executives to keep the I’m Just Ken song in the movie because they thought it was unnecessary
Fast-forward to last night where Ryan Gosling delivers one of the best live musical numbers at the Oscars performing I’m Just Ken, getting everyone up in their seats, including Martin Scorsese
Guess what I’m trying to say is, executives please let the artist you hire to do their job and make all the creative decisions, because they understand it better than you ever will
People need to understand that is not ‘serious actor’ Ryan Gosling, that is ‘Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer’ Ryan Gosling and he is loving every minute of it 😂
ryan gosling’s performance of i’m just ken was brilliant but god, does my heart break for the barbie movie
having the recognition as a fun, gorgeous film is one thing, but does no one else see the depth of that fun??? how, BECAUSE it’s so light and fun, we get to see these intense dark moments in contrast?
but the academy is men by a solid majority, and most men weren’t taught to see themselves in female stories like women are. they are the default, so when the story is something other than the default, it doesn’t connect with them. they don’t see that incredible darkness behind margot robbie’s eyes and i’m dying here in a pink car, wishing barbie got the oscars it deserved
it is known that every Oscars season some movie or song or whatever gets nominated as the “crowd favorite” they have zero intention of winning an Oscar but the academy had to include them for viewership.
and this it was “I’m Just Ken” and Ryan Gosling 1000% knew it and ran with it.
His performance was the most unserious, well put together, showcase the Oscars have ever seen.
i mean: the random karate chops??? the barbie heads??? the camera man helping him up the stairs??? the crowd singalong??? SLASH????