Bill Maher Calls Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' As "Man-Hating", Elon Musk Reacts
Television host Bill Maher gave his take on Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' and said that he feels the movie is "man-hating."
Television host Bill Maher is the latest celebrity to claim that Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie', starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu is "man-hating". The political commentator took to social media to trash the Warner Bros. comedy blockbuster film, which has already crossed the USD 1 billion mark globally.
Taking to Twitter, Bill Maher wrote: "OK, "Barbie": I was hoping it wouldn't be preachy, man-hating, and a #ZombieLie - alas, it was all three. What is a Zombie Lie? Something that never was true, but certain people refuse to stop saying it (tax cuts for the rich increase revenues, e.g.); OR something that USED to be true but no longer is, but certain people pretend it's still true. "Barbie" is this kind of #ZombieLie."
"Spoiler alert, Barbie fights the Patriarchy. Right up to the Mattel board who created her, consisting of 12 white men! The Patriarchy! Except there's a Mattel board in real life, and it's 7 men and 5 women. OK, not perfect even-steven, but not the way the board IN THE MOVIE - which takes place in 2023 - is portrayed. And not really any longer deserving of the word "patriarchy." Yes, there was one, and remnants of it remain - but this movie is so 2000-LATE," he added.
OK, "Barbie": I was hoping it wouldn't be preachy, man-hating, and a #ZombieLie - alas, it was all three. What is a Zombie Lie? Something that never was true, but certain people refuse to stop saying it (tax cuts for the rich increase revenues, e.g.); OR something that USED to be…
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) August 7, 2023
Bill Maher criticised the film by referencing the scene in which Margot Robbie's 'Barbie' confronts the executives of Mattel in the real world. For the unversed, in the movie, the CEO of Mattel is played by Will Ferrell.
"At one point the Barbies have to win over the Kens, and they are told to do it by pretending to act helpless and not know how to do stuff. Helen Gurley Brown called, she wants her premise back. Yes, that WAS a thing. I saw "Barbie" with a woman in her 30s who said, "I don't know a single woman of any age who would act like that today," Maher said.
"I know, I know, 'How could I know about the patriarchy, I AM a man!' That argument is so old and so silly. Of course, none of us can know exactly what others go through life, but I can see the world around me, and I can read data. The real Mattel board is a pretty close mirror of the country, where 45% of the 449 board seats filled last year in Fortune 500 companies were women. Truth is, I'm not the one who's out of step - I'm living in the year we're living in. Barbie is fun, I enjoyed it - but it IS a #ZombieLie. And people who don't go along with zombie lies did not take some red pill - just staying true to CURRENT reality. Let's live in the year we're living in! Hi Ken!!! #BarbieMovie," he added.
On the post, Twitter owner Elon Musk also commented, saying: "Why do they keep pushing these lies?"
Why do they keep pushing these lies?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 8, 2023
Apart from Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, the cast of 'Barbie' includes Issa Rae, America Ferrera, Dua Lipa, Simu Liu, Michael Cera, Helen Mirren, John Cena and Will Ferrell.
'Barbie' had released in the theatres on July 21 alongside Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt and Matt Damon.
In the new Hollywood movie, Margot Robbie plays the titular character while Ryan Gosling and Simu Liu feature as the Ken dolls.
