It's very surprising in these more enlightened times to see that Ken hasn't been cast as a character of color.
This would have been a terrific opportunity to add some diversity to this film and impress upon young white girls, who may have grown up idolising / playing with Barbie, that there are other less problematic choices to make when considering a partner these days...
Very surprised that they weren't more inclusive in this one.
unless the white girl is morbidly obese and disgusting
Make her a dishwater blonde and you will have the Black Man's Kryptonite:!
specifically an overweight white or Asian (non black) girls with colorful eyes. (Preferably) green, gray, blue.
The more unhealthy and average looking the better (white and Asian men's unwanted women in society) she's most definitely the Black man’s Kryptonite.
Are you referring to one who chooses to resurrect a dead thread that they don't like? I'm assuming so and I've got to say, I concur. Just completely idiotic 👍.
That's true. Ken, like most Sitcom Men, is the "idiot of the family", and the woman always has the brains. It's been this way since the Stone Age (See: The Flintstones).
Black men can no longer be idiots, and certainly not criminals like the old days. (See: Rockford Files). Ever notice that in any cop show now, almost all of the Sergeants, Chief of Police, Commish, etc. are black women?
It's true (the first part; as a supporter of POC, I don't particularly agree with you, nor staunchly disagree with you, on the second part). For all the talk about how misogynist art/pop culture has historically been, most sitcom men have traditionally been portrayed as morons since the birth of TV, and women as the voice of reason. Supposedly pop culture is controlled by men, and pushes out a misogynist, patriarchal narrative, and yet, all these sitcoms/shows, like The Flintstones, The Honeymooners, The Simpsons, Barbie, always portray men as the waste-of-space fifth wheel, so, what's going on here? Are men in control? Or maybe these 'misogynist' powerful men are simply simping... 🤷♂️
Since before the birth of TV. It was the same in radio sitcoms, and in vaudeville sketches before that. Hell, the ancient Greeks probably had dopey husbands in their plays.