Episode 73: Barbie

This episode’s topics

Start - 18:23 Greta Gerwig and the people who made Barbie

18:23 - 41:35 Mindframes reviews

Conversation 1: Barbie and the Millennial experience 

Conversation 2: IP in films, are more toys movies coming (yes)

 

Film info

Imdb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517268/

 

Barbie suffers a crisis that leads her to question her world and her existence.

In wide release and coming to IMAX….somehow!

Crew

• Greta Gerwig as director and co-writer

• Noah Baumbach as co-writer

• Robbie Brenner as producer

• David Heyman as producer

• Ynon Kreiz as producer

Cast

• Margot Robbie as Barbie

• Ryan Gosling as Ken

• Issa Rae as President Barbie

• Kate McKinnon as Weird Barbie

• Alexandra Shipp as Writer Barbie

• Emma Mackey as Physicist Barbie

• Hari Nef as Doctor Barbie

• Simu Liu as Skipper

• America Ferrera as Gloria

• Will Ferrell as the CEO of Barbie

• Ncuti Gatwa as a drag queen

• Sharon Rooney as Lawyer Barbie

• Ana Cruz Kayne as Judge Barbie

• Rhea Perlman as Betty

• Michael Cera as Ryan Gosling's character's best friend

• Kingsley Ben-Adir as a character described as "a doll with an attitude"

• Emerald Fennell as an unknown character

• Ritu Arya as Journalist Barbie

• Dua Lipa as Mermaid Barbie

• Nicola Coughlan as Diplomat Barbie

• Tom Ackerley as producer