The Subversive Brilliance of Barbie - First Things

The Subversive Brilliance of Barbie - First Things

Barbie is back. Following the success of Greta Gerwig’s iconic blockbuster, which grossed over $1.44 billion worldwide, Mattel Studios, Universal, and Illumination have signed a deal to develop a new animated Barbie feature for the big screen. No official release date has yet been set. Gerwig’s film became a pop culture touchstone of twenty-first-century cinema, though it received mixed reactions from conservatives. The day after it was released…