The woman who brought the pink magic of Barbie through the film that has broken all predictions, grew up in an anti-Barbie family.
Who did not fall in love with the movie "Barbie" that recreated childhood fantasies with the famous doll for many. But how did director Greta Gerwing capture the pure joy and naivety of Barbie, never having possessed one as a child?
Director Gerwig revealed this almost paradoxical fact on the Desert Island Disc show for BBC Radio 4. "My mum didn't really like the Barbie doll," she said. "Perhaps, many other mothers would judge her, but according to my mother, this doll was not the best example of a woman; body type, everything...So, she was less excited about it,” the director added.
This is understandable, and a similar notion is addressed in the film of the same title, where teenage Sasha discusses everything "wrong" with Barbie and its influence on young girls. "You've been making women feel bad about themselves since you were invented," she said.
But still, Barbie found its way into her little hands when she was still a child, when her friends in the neighborhood played with the famous doll.
Apparently, Greta Gerwig had a strong motive to bring back her favorite childhood doll, but absent from her life, in a super television production that has broken all expectations.
Source: Marie Claire
