When I first heard the central theme of the Barbie movie starring Margo Robbie and Ryan Gosling is the patriarchy I immediately thought of the Bugs Bunny cartoon I first saw as a child in which Yosemite Sam is standing guard at the Mason-Dixon line 90 years after the conclusion of the American Civil War so comically vintage do I find it still being an issue in 2023, which is why I have included a segment at the start of this video.
An indication of how times have changed can be illustrated by the fact when Pixar conceived of the idea of 'Toy Story' back in the early 90s Mattel refused to grant them permission to use Barbie in their initial production for fear of her perfect princess image being sullied in some second rate movie.
It was only after the blockbuster success of 'Toy Story' which was released in 1995 did Mattel grant permission for Barbie's inclusion in subsequent 'Toy Story' sequels - no doubt maintaining final artistic approval with regard to how she is portrayed.
You would think with such a highly protected manufactured commercial image in conjunction with her worldwide popularity as a young girls multi-career path seeking fashion toy her cultural influence on Western women after sixty years would be anything other than what it actually is today.
So much so, it is the reason why I've always been of the opinion Mattel should release a Dumb-As-All-Fuck Baby Boomer Barbie as part of a new reality check range; so children of today can understand why their now compromised future is mostly due to the fact their grandma was more than likely a clueless and fashionless dumb slag who sat idly by on her fat fucking ass complaining about the patriarchal myth that never existed whilst Western civilisation disintegrated around her, as it is quite obvious fashionable Barbie has had fuck all influence on Western women.
Even so, the most amusing thing I have observed since its release has been all the male online social and/or political pundits scathingly criticising it for its portrayal of Ken as a weak and pathetic submissive male when they themselves are the living embodiment of Ken. But rather than mention them individually there is one particular male who embodies all of them for whom I intend to showcase in a video under the title The Critical Dumb Ox as his YouTube username is the Critical Drinker.
There are two reasons I've selected this guy:
🔵 He epitomises the clueless dumb as all fuck white male
🔵 He has devoted his life to critiquing Hollywood movies
The latter item is significant because as I detail in my video this all really begins with me as a consequence of a romantic evening in 2006 that turned sour due to a movie when I had already been won over by preceding events that evening in conjunction with previous dates for which I've overly emphasised with my Cupid reference.
An even better example is Alanis Morissette's song 'Head Over Feet' as it perfectly encapsulates the dynamics of that evening in which defeat had been snatched from the jaws of victory - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iuO49jbovg
How all this came about is I had spoken glowingly about 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' in general conversation with almost everyone I had met from 2003 onwards as it is one of the very few Hollywood movies I've actually enjoyed watching. So when the sequel was due for release in 2006 my 'd'Artagnan' at the time thought it would be the perfect finale to a perfect evening if he arranged for a private viewing of the sequel before its release.
D'Artagnan is a character based on a real life person who appeared in Alexandre Dumas novel 'The Three Musketeers' whose name I would use in place of the name of any real life person I may have had some romantic interest in for reasons of privacy. I mention it now because I intend to publish a video titled 'The Three Dumbasallfucketeers' for which the line, "What a pity. As here it is I had hoped he was my d'Artagnan' is of extreme significance.
