THE *Barbie* Commentary

[krackawoody]

Dylan is a Ken at heart. His skill is Movie. Not reviewing them. Not watching them. Not making them. Just Movie.

[FurTheWorkers]

"It's like an everyday Barbie? Why would you want that?"
Dylan doesn't know that The Sims is incredibly popular with girls.

[alexwalton]

The scene where barbie calls the older lady beautiful is where she sees beauty in aging and begins to desire that instead of staying the same stereotypical Barbie.

[mariamhilalhassank]

Dylan not understanding the silence is the most man hes been

[genericuser]

The “you’re so beautiful” was Barbie wanting to grow old. It was doing exactly what you wanted it to without dialogue lol

[layabstar]

The conversations in Barbieland is supposed to reflect how kids make up dialogue when playing with dolls, thats why a lot of it seems dumb

[PulseEva]

The fact that I didn't blink an eye when you said "I hope something really heartwarming like her mom just died" says something about you Dylan...

[VNSERRA]

i've never wanted to girlsplain a movie more in my life

[katietriantafilou]

Can't believe Dylan is actually reviewing a recent fim rather than some obscure teen movie from the 00s 😂

[blissfullycat]

The bonfire scene bothered the Ken's because each Ken was made for a specific Barbie and they are ok with other Barbies but want their own Barbies more.

[serenitysfirefly]

I agree that Mattel's time could've been cut down substationally, possibly to make room for more of Barbie's exploration of humanity. But the "I'm a son of a mother. I'm the nephew of a woman aunt." Joke had me wheezing. It's so accurate! 😂

[bhavyasrivastava]

Here's the thing dylan, women don't need words most of the time to understand what the other is feeling. There was so much that transpired in those silent moments, it's insane

[belle]

the irony in dylan not liking how on the nose the “beach off” joke is is that that is quite literally all of the jokes he makes, and that we enjoy, in his commentaries

[newcombrage]

I love how Dylan is so consistently ‘so close yet so far’ with his theories. It’s a real talent.

[helenwinter]

in my opinion barbie becoming human IS her accepting that shes not perfect, so i do think that journey kinda comes full circle

[gleeshow]

This movie was clearly for the girlies because I cried at least 6 times throughout the movie. As a female, it just hits different and that’s the point

[cyberink]

I actually really liked the narrator joke. Came literally out of nowhere. Made everyone of our friendgroup in theater laugh

[sanneottenhof]

"Even if you did wanna make the argument that men are poorly represented in Barbie, women also could make the argument that they're poorly represented or underrepresented in other films." THIS Dylan thank you!!!

[sarazajicova]

To me, the messages make sense together - at the end, Barbie no longer wants to be perfect, she wants to be human (and thus inherently imperfect).

[spectre]

I'm turning 27 soon and the amount of times I've heard Alpha Male podcasters talk about how women over 25 are "past their prime" and how younger people think of me as old is enough to make me think differently about myself. I know being in my 20s means I'm still relatively young in the grand scheme of things but when men are treated as desirable when they turn 30, 40, 50, etc. while a woman that's older than 23 is treated like she's no longer valuable to society, it makes sense why men wouldn't really react to the bench scene the same as women.

Barbie is not only admiring an elderly woman for aging (a foreign concept to her) but also calls her beautiful -- something that a lot of people would never do. The confidence in that old woman made me feel more reassured. It made me look forward to the idea of growing old.