A lack of cultural nostalgia attached to the toy and wariness of the film’s feminist messaging may have kept the Korean audience away from the Hollywood mega-hit: "There is no real fan base for ‘Barbie’ in Korea.”

  • Infinitenonblondes@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m not sure The Hollywood Reporter would be anyone’s first place to learn about the internal politics of South Korea.

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      1 year ago

      I would agree, if they didn’t literally have an article titled “Why Did ‘Barbie’ Bomb in South Korea?”

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        1 year ago

        Just because a publication tries to tackle a topic doesn’t mean they are qualified, or that we should use that as an example of why the entire industry of journalism should be written off.

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          1 year ago

          To be fair I generally feel this way about topics I’m actually knowledgeable on. I know the media tries to get it right and in this case it doesn’t seem intentional. But it happens far too often and why would I assume it only happens on subjects I’m familiar with?