True, conservatives’ call for a boycott could see some success with certain products, but generally only if the consumer base of such products skews right.
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(Of course, some of the sales loss could be tracked to those on the left upset about Bud Light’s attempt to back away so quickly from the controversy.)Īs recently as two weeks ago Fox was touting “How ‘Barbie’ the movie got the ‘Bud Light treatment.’ ” However, “Barbie” didn’t get that treatment, and the movie blockbuster has made its right-wing critics look foolish. Since then, Bud Light sales have plummeted. Right-wing commentators and celebrities soon began to protest the beer. That controversy was sparked after Anheuser-Busch, the beer’s maker, sponsored two Instagram posts by Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender influencer. It appears these people have an inflated sense of their importance following their apparent success in targeting Bud Light a few months ago. The right’s call for a boycott and its onslaught of criticism obviously have failed to deter moviegoers, given the “Barbie” box-office bonanza.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York believes so, explaining in a Friday post on Meta’s Threads: “Love how Republican Congressmen are just now hating on Barbie because she’s ‘too woke’ …like hello this was a doll made for little girls who was a DOCTOR and an ASTRONAUT before women in the US were even allowed to have credit cards without their husband’s permission.” She added, “Of course they’re mad! They want the old days back.” I’m not kidding - he literally lit a doll on fire.Ĭould there be something else angering these voices on the right beyond what they are telling us? Not to be outdone, conservative pundit Ben Shapiro not only repeatedly slammed the film as “woke” - along with many expletives - but he also burned a Barbie doll in effigy. Opinion: The absolute best thing about ‘Barbie’ may surprise you One such segment amplified the call against “Barbie” coming from Movieguide, a Christian movie review site, that read, “Warning: Don’t take your daughter to Barbie.” The segment criticized the film for the inclusion of a transgender performer (actor Hari Nef) and for presenting “LGBTQ stories.”įox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy - with a chyron that read “Barbie gets woke makeover” - complained that “ the left has given Barbie a complete feminist makeover,” dubbing the film as “just another indoctrination vehicle.” In another attack on the film, guests claimed the depiction of Ken somehow emasculated men. Discovery, explained, “The doodles depict Barbie’s make-believe journey from Barbie Land to the ‘real world.’ It was not intended to make any type of statement.”įox News has repeated attacks on the film over everything from “wokeness” to inclusivity. In response, Warner Bros., the studio behind the film, denied any political message. Warner Bros., which like CNN, is owned by Warner Bros. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) Chris Jackson/Getty Images The collection is the biggest in private hands to be auctioned. LONDON - SEPTEMBER 26: Pink boxes of barbie dolls lie at Christies South Kensington as part of a collection of 4,000 barbie dolls that will be auctioned today on Septemin London, England. Cruz also weighed in with the comments about Chinese propaganda. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, who leads a select House panel focused on countering China’s influence, asserted the map - which he described as “cartoonish, crayon-scribbled” - appeared to support Beijing’s territorial claims to a contested portion of the South China Sea. In early July, some Republican lawmakers declared a “war on … Barbie” - as Politico put it - over a childlike drawing of a world map they claimed was designed to appease China. So, what triggered the right about “Barbie”? We saw a multipronged attack weeks before the film’s opening. Given these results, movie studios might want to beg GOP members of Congress, Fox News and others on the right to call for a boycott of their new films. “Barbie” also marked the biggest opening for a movie based on a toy, eclipsing “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” ($115.9 million), the publication noted. 3” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Barbie” raked in the biggest opening weekend for 2023 so far, beating out the likes of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. Director Greta Gerwig’s movie - starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling - saw a stunning $155 million opening weekend.
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