Elon Musk slams 'Barbie' as right-wingers lose mind over box office hit; Shapiro too
First Shapiro, now Musk, Cruz and Gaetz.
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The billionaire CEO took a swipe at the film’s popularity writing on Twitter: “If you take a shot every time Barbie says the word ‘Patriarchy,’ you will pass out before the movie ends.”
But the Tesla founder was joining a chorus that included conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, who found himself trending after he launched into a 43-minute rant against the movie and the number of times “patriarchy” is uttered by the actors.
“All you need to know about #BarbieTheMovie is that it unironically uses the word ‘patriarchy’ more than 10 times,” Shapiro said on Twitter, calling the movie a “flaming garbage heap of a film.”
“The basic sort of premise of the film, politically speaking, is that men and women are on two sides and they hate each other. And literally, the only way you can have a happy world is if the women ignore the men and the men ignore the women,” he raged in a video which saw him setting fire to a Barbie doll. “Plot-wise, it makes no sense. Character-wise, it makes no sense … every scene is at least two minutes too long.”
He added, “Margot Robbie is playing the lead. In fact, the entire cast aside from basically Ryan Gosling is women, so it seems like women are doing OK.”
Shapiro was also roasted by social media users for showing up for his Barbie screening wearing an outfit that matched one Ryan Gosling wears as Ken during one of the film’s musical scenes.
“Ben, you literally wore a Ken cosplay to the movie,” one person said in a TikTok video.
Joining Shapiro and Musk in their dislike of the film, Texas Senator Ted Cruz accused the movie of being “Chinese communist propaganda.”
Ginger Gaetz, the wife of Republican Florida Republican Matt Gaetz, piled on complaining about “Disappointingly low T from Ken” and the fact that the film “neglects to address any notion of faith or family.”
“The Barbie I grew up with was a representation of limitless possibilities, embracing diverse careers and feminine empowerment,” Gaetz wrote. “I really wanted to enjoy it, but ended up feeling let down.”