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Debra Esolen's avatar

Out of the park again, Adrian. I, too, have shunned the Barbie movie, but just two days ago caught a long thread among women I generally respect on FB in defense of the movie. And there was no nay-sayer there who didn't feel the wrath. (As an aside, for the sake of full disclosure, the last new release film I saw in a theater was "There Be Dragons," which I decidedly did not like. So I am a confirmed non-viewer of contemporary films who prefers to fill my thoughts with what I KNOW is true and good and beautiful. I do that because I need daily doses of such as a tonic every single day to keep me from falling into the sewer that is our society. What if occasionally the sewer water isn't quite as filthy as it is most of the time? That doesn't mean it would be good to take a swim in it. Tony and I often say that a healthy dose of native skepticism saved us from a LOT of the lies of our own youth. And even the crazy 60's and 70's we grew up in was counter-balanced by a largely sane-living populace. Now we don't dare lean even slightly toward the sewer because the solid ground is already sloping that way from being steadily eroded from under our feet. Thanks for the review and the solid perspective from which you wrote it.

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Pthalocyanine's avatar

my daughter saw it with college friends and had to lie and say she liked it. that's what we're dealing with. if she'd been honest (she told me it was terrible) she would have lost her friends and probably been fully excluded at school as well. so at least around here, you kind of have to pretend to like it or just do as I do and say "oh gosh I'm so busy I'll watch it soon I swear." all of which is creepy. the Left right now is really feeling their authoritarian oats.

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