Barbenheimer

IN case you opted to watch “Oppenheimer” instead of “Barbie,” hopefully Gloria’s (America Ferrera) monologue will convince you that it’s not just a movie about dolls:

“It is literally impossible to be a woman. You are so beautiful and so smart, and it kills me that you don’t think you’re good enough. Like, we have to always be extraordinary, but somehow we’re always doing it wrong.

“You have to be thin, but not too thin. And you can never say you want to be thin. You have to say you want to be healthy, but also you have to be thin. You have to have money, but you can’t ask for money because that’s crass. You have to be a boss, but you can’t be mean. You have to lead, but you can’t squash other people’s ideas. You’re supposed to love being a mother but don’t talk about your kids all the damn time. You have to be a career woman but also always be looking out for other people. You have to answer for men’s bad behavior, which is insane, but if you point that out, you’re accused of complaining. You’re supposed to stay pretty for men, but not so pretty that you tempt them too much or that you threaten other women because you’re supposed to be a part of the sisterhood.

“But always stand out and always be grateful. But never forget that the system is rigged. So find a way to acknowledge that but also always be grateful. You have to never get old, never be rude, never show off, never be selfish, never fall down, never fail, never show fear, never get out of line.

“It’s too hard! It’s too contradictory and nobody gives you a medal or says thank you! And it turns out in fact that not only are you doing everything wrong, but also everything is your fault.

“I’m just so tired of watching myself and every single other woman tie herself into knots so that people will like us. And if all of that is also true for a doll just representing women, then I don’t even know.”

Thanks much to elle.com for featuring the whole monologue which says it all for Barbie and what she represents.

A scene that might have caught the attention of Matchbox 20’s fans was Ken (Ryan Gosling) and the other Kens singing “Push”: “I wanna push you around, will I will, will I will/I wanna push you down, will I will, will I will/I wanna take you for granted, I wanna take you for granted/Will I will.”

July had lots of “days”: Lipstick Day on July 12, French Fries Day on July 13, World Emoji Day on July 17, and World Listening Day on July 18.

And July 19 should have been Barbenheimer Day in Pinas. That was the day when “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” opened in the country’s cinemas nationwide. We wanted to watch both movies on the same day but that would require changing our OOTD—outfit of the day—from pink to black. Too much hassle.

The Birkenstock fan may want her Barbie OOTD to include her Arizona pair, preferably the tan or blush pink—both colors are in the movie.

If “Barbie” was pink, “Oppenheimer” was black, and I’m referring to the feeling that the audience gets after watching them.