I’m not sure how many people will find this blog, but I figured I should introduce myself. I’m a 30-something writer, movie buff, and doll collector, who has never actually seen any of the Barbie movies.
I’ve gotten plenty of gasps from coworkers and friends who consider the BCU (Barbie Cinematic Universe) part of their essential upbringing.
See, the thing is, I was 13 in 2001 (do the math), and I was at the point where I was aging out of these movies - and I was pretending that Barbie wasn’t the icon she is, and that I no longer had an interest in dolls. I was trying to be cool, and 13 year olds didn’t play with dolls anymore. Back in my day, 13 year olds were into shopping, boys, Britney Spears, etc. I was into musicals and writing. Not much as changed.
I don’t specifically collect Barbie, but I’ll always be into dolls. I was kidding myself. But somehow I missed out (although that’s probably too soon to tell if I try missed out) on seeing any of these.
Look, I have nothing against Barbie. She’s an icon. She can do anything she sets her mind to. She’s inclusive to all races and body types, and she shows us that we can be anything we want to be.
I just have serious doubts about the quality of these movies.
Back in 2020 when the world shut down, and we were all stuck in our homes with our streaming services, I suddenly got the idea to watch all of the Disney Channel Original Musicals (also somehow I had missed High School Musical, but that was kind of purposeful, because I was into REAL musicals, not cheesy Disney Channel Musicals with a rabid fan following), and write an analysis from an adult’s perspective. Look, it was 2020. There was nothing better to do.
I made it though the three HSMs and that god-awful Sharpay movie, and ZOMBIES 1 and 2 before I opted out and I never even wrote a blog entry.
I mentioned that DCOM blog idea to one of those Gen Z-ers who gasped at my confession that I’d never seen these movies and she convinced me to do it for the BCU. We call it that ironically, because I also just rewatched the entire MCU (that’s the Marvel Cinematic Universe for those who aren’t acronym-inclined). I won’t be writing an analysis of Marvel films.
Overanalyzing the Barbie movies as a first time viewer as an adult? That could be hilarious. Oh, here we’re going to analyze and critique the plot, voice acting, animation, the music, and the cheesy sidekicks that I hear can make or break the film. I will be brutal. I will be honest.
In the words of the ‘90s pop group Aqua, “Come on, Barbie, let’s go party!“
What have I gotten myself into,
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