![]() ![]() ![]() But the reality is that patriarchy is as hard on (most) men as it is on the rest of us. To become the star of his own movie, he needs to get off the Beach.įlipping the gender narratives is what gives the movie its ironic power. That’s why his title is simply the hilarious ‘beach’ - he doesn’t know who he is, nor what he’s for. Like any human, as long as he thinks he’s just a ‘+’ sign and the sidekick of his famous mate (Ken + Barbie), he can’t find his place in the world. It’s lack of self-knowledge and self-purpose. We all only feel KENough when we are agents, not accessories Be in it but not of it, and know the time for change will come… The lesson? Independent vision is key to ‘seeing’ the system. Initially reviled by the dominant Pink hegemony and exiled to her weird home, she ends up being the only one able to resist the brainwashing onslaught of the New Kens riding in with their guns and horses. ![]() She is the only one who sees the system as it is. The marginalised often have the wisdom the system needs to grow, as Weird Barbie (played by SNL star Kate McKinnon) shows so ebulliently. The Weird, The Wise and the Old are as transformative as pink Birkenstocks They often point us to the exits we are seeking. We need to know and appreciate the shoulders we stand on and how they navigated the patriarchy in their time. She is the key to Barbie’s liberation (and love of wrinkles) as our pasts are often the roadmaps for our presents. Ruth Handler is (in real life and in the film) the woman who created Barbie, a reminder that we forget our mothers at our peril. What better metaphor for the urgent escape from the craziness of the all-male patriarchal power structure into the nourishing serenity of the self and one’s matriarchal ancestry? To free herself, a wise older woman reminds her of who she is and helps her leave the building behind. ![]()
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