I see the Oscars Barbie decision has gone down about as well as a tampon made of wasps. Apparently, getting nominations in no fewer than 8 categories counts as a patriarchal snub to all womankind. It’s so wildly overblown and fundamentally tone deaf I’m surprised it wasn’t mentioned in that America Ferrera speech (on which sole basis even that cardboard cutout got a nomination.) The Golden Globes had to invent a whole new category to get Barbie a gong - Services to Wine Aunts or something - because when you actually evaluate it by the criteria for all the existing awards - screenplay, acting, directing, etc. - it’s an unremarkable film. Godzilla Minus One is a much better film across the board and it got just one nomination (for its least remarkable feature). This despite Godzilla being a much better supporting actress than America Ferrera. Barbie had to get nominations because it had women and it made lots of money. It got a bunch of random nominations because it really doesn’t have any stand-out artistic merits — save, perhaps, production design. That’s not patriarchy, that’s the Oscars.
@PlatoonPod Tilda Swinton in The Killer was much better than Ferrera and she wasn't nominated. Barbie got special treatment for sure and people are still complaining that it's not enough lol. Wild.
@PlatoonPod You lost me at "tampon full of wasps". I'M A VISUAL PERSON, PLATOON!!!
@PlatoonPod New category for Barbie: Best Song by an Antisemitic singer.
@PlatoonPod The response to the Margot Robbie "snub" is baffling. Apparently passing one woman over for... other women is sexism. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@PlatoonPod “This despite Godzilla being a much better supporting actress than America Ferrera.” Brilliant.
@PlatoonPod You had me at Tampon made of Wasps!! Lmao!🤣🤣🤣