The Barbenheimer phenomenon


This is what WE have come to folks. Seriously. Never mind Trump, or the war in Ukraine, or record-breaking heat waves, THIS is what people are talking about...........

Box Office: ‘Barbie’ Opens to Record-Setting $155 Million, ‘Oppenheimer’ Shatters Expectations With $80 Million Debut

"Barbenheimer" fueled the fourth-biggest box office weekend in history

https://variety.com/2023/film/box-office/box-office-barbie-oppenheimer-opening-weekend-shatter-records-1235677601/


All I can say is........... when a movie about Barbie sells more tickets than a historically significant movie, then something has gone wrong with our collective psyche. 

OR........ has it? Is "escapism" just what we need right now?


More:

Barbie vs Oppenheimer: The funniest Barbenheimer memes and reactions


It's officially Barbenheimer Week! 

If you've been living under a rock lately, you might have missed the intense online buzz surrounding the epic cinematic clash between Greta Gerwig's highly anticipated Barbie movie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer - both scheduled to hit theatres on 21 July. 

Picture this: On one hand, we have a film centred around a children's doll frolicking in her whimsical pink universe, while on the other, a haunting historical tale about the invention of the atomic bomb and "the destroyer of worlds". 

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/07/18/barbie-vs-oppenheimer-the-funniest-barbenheimer-memes-and-reactions

As an added bonus:

Republicans Are Throwing Temper Tantrums Over 'Barbie'

Ted Cruz, Charlie Kirk and Ben Shapiro all had something to say.
Read all about it........
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-throwing-temper-tantrums-over-barbie_n_64bd7fbce4b093f07cb51775

For the record, I have NO intention of seeing the Barbie movie but might check out Oppenheimer. 


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