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The idea of getting Barbie and Ken into the real world, “Enchanted”-style, while not original on its own, is milked for some amusing and entertaining jokes.
Does anyone else feel like the Barbie movie got totally taken over by Ken? Don’t get me wrong, I liked the movie, thought it was cute and funny, but I find it kinda annoying that the story line basically made it a Ken movie.
Ken masculinity is a very cleverly midpoint between patriarchal masculinity and inverted patriarchal femininity. on one hand, Kens show demure behaviour, being clumsy and shy. they are second class citizens in Barbieland, and need to depend on Barbies to find meaning. the movie makes it very clear at the start that Ken’s existence and value ...
Margot manages to bring a innocence and legitimate tragedy to Barbie, balancing the blonde bimbo stereotype with legitimate heartbreak at times. Meanwhile Ryan manages to be both hilarious as Ken in his boundless stupidity, while also legitimately sad and pathetic, if not straight up pitiful at times.
The Ken's suddenly feel the need to display wealth and capitalism is more than happy to provide them with leather couches, Hummers, and big-screen TV's. There's the displays of machismo - fur coats, horses, easily exploited jealousy - that culminate in the hilarious beach fight.
A perfect balance of the older (80s/90s) ken and the newer one. I still prefer the newest Ken (non smiling) - think hes the best Ken Mattel ever made; but I like the movie Ken too - to use with my superstar era barbie dolls because I hate those Kens and their greasy shiny heads lol.
In terms of that just being what Ken is to girls playing with Barbies: In one of her interviews, Greta said something along the lines of “Ryan has daughters, and they play with Barbies, so after he found out about this role he caught his daughters playing with them and asked ‘Where’s Ken?’.
