CNN —It’s Oscars season and “Barbie” is dominating the discourse.
But here’s the thing; “Barbie” is neither smart enough nor interesting enough to be inspiring this level of uproar.
It’s also important to remember that “Barbie” has most certainly not been ignored by the Academy Awards’ members.
It has eight nominations – which is far more than many of 2023’s other women-directed films got.
While “Barbie” achieved cultural phenomenon status last year, other films that took a more complicated approach to womanhood were shut out of the Oscars and the mainstream awards circuit completely.
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Hannah Ryan, CNN —, “ Barbie ”, Hannah Ryan Hannah Ryan, Greta Gerwig’s, Margot Robbie didn’t, Robbie, Gerwig, Hillary Clinton, Ryan Gosling, Ken, Barbie’s, Barbie ”, “ Barbie, ”, Frances Ha ”, Barbie, Ken –, It’s, Sofia Coppola’s “ Priscilla ”, Priscilla Presley’s, Elvis –, Molly Manning Walker’s, –, Ava DuVernay’s, Cailee Spaeny, Mia Mckenna, Bruce, Aunjanue Ellis, Taylor, Isabel Wilkerson’s, Priscilla ”, Lily Gladstone, Martin Scorsese, Gladstone, Bird ”, Wes Anderson’s, Rockwell’s, haven’t
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CNN International, CNN, Mattel, Academy, Pulitzer, Cannes Film
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