There is a distinct age issue with Barbie. Older viewers (like my wife and her 70 year old friends) were not impressed. These woman saw the launch of Barbie, so it was not an aspirational object as they grew up. The issue of age effects the voters for the oscars. The voters are always older on average than movie viewers. So even if Barbi…
There is a distinct age issue with Barbie. Older viewers (like my wife and her 70 year old friends) were not impressed. These woman saw the launch of Barbie, so it was not an aspirational object as they grew up. The issue of age effects the voters for the oscars. The voters are always older on average than movie viewers. So even if Barbie was popular it was not necessarily impressive to the voters. That does not really matter - the success of Barbie will ensure that its director and stars will have a better chance at getting their next project approved. Barbie was so successful that Barbie does not need anything more.
There is a distinct age issue with Barbie. Older viewers (like my wife and her 70 year old friends) were not impressed. These woman saw the launch of Barbie, so it was not an aspirational object as they grew up. The issue of age effects the voters for the oscars. The voters are always older on average than movie viewers. So even if Barbie was popular it was not necessarily impressive to the voters. That does not really matter - the success of Barbie will ensure that its director and stars will have a better chance at getting their next project approved. Barbie was so successful that Barbie does not need anything more.