Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two women who led the film ‘Barbie’ – which is worthy of Best Picture, Best Actor (male), and more – have not been nominated in the Best Director and Best Actress categories, respectively.
“Appreciation goes to Barbie… Every issue related to feminism and the rights of women seems to be resolved,” remarks the narrator at the start of the movie ‘Barbie,’ presenting us with the enchanting Barbieland. In this realm, women aren’t mere supporting figures but are the main protagonists in their life stories.
“I won’t be the one to pop their bubble,” the narrator humorously includes, offering a satirical commentary on society’s actualities depicted in the film.
Ironically, director Greta Gerwig finds herself in that bubble-burst instance, courtesy of the Oscar nominations in 2024.
The ironic ‘Barbie’ snub
After directing the top-grosser film of the year 2023 that dominated pop culture across the world, became an enormous lesson in marketing and emerged as the stronger half of the historic ‘Barbenheimer’ phenomenon, Greta Gerwig didn’t make it to the Best Director nominations at the 2024 Oscars.
Wait, so didn’t Margot Robbie, who literally embodied ‘Barbie’ oh-so-phenomenally on the screen and even off the screen, either (think of those press tours?).
The key women behind making Barbie the biggest success of the year got snubbed at the 2024 Oscars.
But hey, Ryan Gosling (who played Barbie’s Ken) did get a nomination in the Best Actor category.
That’s Kenough, some would say.
Some, but not the Academy.
So, the film even got a nomination in the Best Film category. Isn’t that much, already? Perhaps, yes. Considering the Oscar’s sexist past, the snubs hardly come across as a surprise.
Ken could make it, but not Barbie – goes well with the Oscars’ patriarchal status quo.
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