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The Highest Grossing Film of 2023 Worldwide BARBIE

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火曜日, 9月 5, 2023
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BURBANK, Calif., Sept. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Take a trip to Barbie Land when "Barbie, the box office smash hit and global phenomenon, arrives for purchase and rental Digitally at home on September 12. From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig ("Little Women," "Lady Bird"), "Barbie," stars Oscar-nominees Margot Robbie ("Bombshell," "I, Tonya") and Ryan Gosling ("La La Land," "Half Nelson") as Barbie and Ken. Gerwig directed "Barbie" from a screenplay by Gerwig & Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach ("Marriage Story," "The Squid and the Whale"), based on Barbie by Mattel. 

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  • From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig ("Little Women," "Lady Bird"), "Barbie," stars Oscar-nominees Margot Robbie ("Bombshell," "I, Tonya") and Ryan Gosling ("La La Land," "Half Nelson") as Barbie and Ken.
  • Gerwig directed "Barbie" from a screenplay by Gerwig & Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach ("Marriage Story," "The Squid and the Whale"), based on Barbie by Mattel.
  • "Barbie" has taken the box office by storm, earning more than $1.38 billion worldwide to become the highest grossing film in Warner Bros.' 100-year history; the highest grossing film ever from a female filmmaker at the domestic box office; and is the largest worldwide film release of 2023.
  • To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place.

Life in plastic, it's fantastic? How Barbie reimagines a childhood icon through a feminist lens

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月曜日, 7月 24, 2023
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Barbie is a fabulous spectacle, offering nostalgic delights to audiences, reflexive nods for film buffs and turning a feminist lens on the world’s most famous doll.

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  • Barbie is a fabulous spectacle, offering nostalgic delights to audiences, reflexive nods for film buffs and turning a feminist lens on the world’s most famous doll.
  • Most excitingly, Barbie is an intersectional and liberal feminist comedy, sitting alongside mainstream successes Legally Blonde (2001) and Mean Girls (2004).

Liberal feminism

    • In contrast to radical feminism, which throws out existing systems to start afresh, liberal feminism works to effect change within systems.
    • Liberal feminists work towards gender equality through raising awareness and political action.
    • This is an industry where powerful roles are still dominated by men, and women’s and LGBTQI+ voices are often sidelined.

Strong female characters

    • Gerwig’s films have often explored how strong female characters overcome challenges on their journey to adulthood.
    • In Little Women (2019), Gerwig gives her characters greater agency than previous adaptations.
    • Jo negotiates a strong book contract, while also accepting editorial direction to choose a marketable ending of marriage – or death – for her female protagonist.

Facing the real world

    • The diverse Barbies believe they have empowered women everywhere through choice (a goal Barbie creator Ruth Handler espoused).
    • Weird Barbie (Kate McKinnon) advises dark thoughts have opened a portal to her owner and offers a Matrix-style choice between a pretty heel (Barbieland) and a brown Birkenstock (the Real World).
    • In the Real World (Los Angeles), Barbie and Ken experience confronting ideas.
    • Witnessing male dominance in the Real World, Ken introduces patriarchy to Barbieland, creating a bro-topia where Barbies are subservient to Kens.

Doing the imagining

    • Feminist film theory critiques the male gaze, which renders women in film as objects to be gazed upon for the pleasure of male viewers.
    • Robbie’s Barbie works to escape the role of object, both literally and through the cinematography.
    • Supported by Ruth’s ghost, Barbie expresses the desire to be not “just the idea”, but the one “doing the imagining”.
    • Much like Gerwig and Robbie, Barbie opts for the role of active changemaker, working to shift the system from within.

Vietnam Veteran Proves Wounded Birds of Prey Save Lives

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水曜日, 10月 14, 2020
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In their new book, The Eagle on My Arm: How the Wilderness and Birds of Prey Saved a Veteran's Life, Dava Guerin and Terry Bivens tell the story of Patrick Bradley, a Vietnam veteran who uses his passion for birds of prey to help other veterans heal physically and psychologically.

Key Points: 
  • In their new book, The Eagle on My Arm: How the Wilderness and Birds of Prey Saved a Veteran's Life, Dava Guerin and Terry Bivens tell the story of Patrick Bradley, a Vietnam veteran who uses his passion for birds of prey to help other veterans heal physically and psychologically.
  • "We were fascinated by the relationships many veterans had with these majestic birds, and how both the wounded warrior and raptor developed bonds that were literally life changing."
  • His time in Canada was so formative that Bradley went on to have a forty-year career as a wildlife expert and trainer, and managing wounded birds of prey programs in Maryland, Virginia, Oregon, and Florida.
  • The AUSA American Warriors Series includes biographies and autobiographies of the lives, service, and accomplishments of American military leaders.