OPINION - Please spare me from this garish, kitsch Barbie hell
Irony’s not dead — but it is for sale. And by the look of this summer’s mega film, it’s the suits, with a knowing wink, who are in the market. How else to explain Hollywood megastars and a feted director making a film about a child’s doll with blonde hair that’s most famous for being a reductive vision of womanhood?