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Let’s Go Barbie!

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In case you haven’t heard there is a new movie coming out called “Barbie” and it’s based on the children’s doll most of us grew up with and know a lot about. I am not in its target demographic but I think it’s an important film because we need more whimsy, more good nostalgia, and more play in the world. Classically this doll was marketed for girls but I think there are a few boys out there who identified with her more than something like G.I. Joe.

Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig are on to something I think is creative and cool. This man thinks that the color pink is one of power and brilliance and from what I have seen in previews there will be plenty of it. The world of Barbie is about friendship, being yourself and so much more. This movie would be incomplete without Ken who is played by Ryan Gosling. It has an all-star cast too.

I won’t be going to the theatre to see it but I will catch it when it comes to home video. Here is to more films that are like this. Where everyone can have a chance to dream fearlessly in pink.

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Little Women – A Terrific Movie With An Important Story #littlewomen

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little-women-poster“Little Women” is a classic American tale of four strong sisters who love one another and are trying to make the best of the situation that the culture of the late 1800s that holds them back. The story has been made into movies for the cinema and mini-series for TV.

An all-star cast led by Greta Gerwig (who should have been nominated for an Oscar for best director for this adaptation) made a great movie for today’s audience. I really enjoyed the performances and the casting was great.

Themes of female empowerment are all throughout this as author Louisa May Alcott wrote it. However, empowerment is the freedom for women to make their own decisions about their own lives and to keep what they earn even in marriage.

It’s also a story about family sticking together no matter what happens in the world they live in even during a war. There are tragedies that impact the March family and their neighbors.

The March sisters were awesome and as I say the power of a woman who is free to be who she wants is unstoppable. Fangirls are one of the greatest forces for good past and present. This story is one of those that should remind women everywhere that sisterhood and friendship are vital. See this movie. It will move you and give you encouragement no matter if you are a little or big woman or even a man.