Japanese social media users mock 9/11 in response to ‘Barbenheimer’ memes
nypost.comfiring back at insensitive “Barbenheimer” fans in the United States. The international feud began after the official X (formerly Twitter) account for the “Barbie” film commented that “it’s going to be a summer to remember” beneath a movie poster collage that mashed up the toy-inspired flick with “Oppenheimer,” a film about the making of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, eventually killing nearly 200,000 Japanese.The poster uploaded last month by the account DiscussingFilms on X depicts J.
Robert Oppenheimer, portrayed by Cillian Murphy, holding a Barbie in front of a fiery mushroom cloud.And Japanese X users did not take the joke lightly.
In a rebuke of the “Barbenheimer” trend, they’ve since spawned memes that mock the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the US and the 3,000 victims who died that day.Since the controversy, the hashtag NoBarbenheimer has been trending on social media.“YO, how do you think?
Idiots, Go fuq ya self,” one user wrote alongside a photo of NYC’s World Trade Center towers, which were struck on 9/11, emitting pink smoke. “What do you Americans who use this tag to make jokes about the atomic bomb feel when they see this image,” said one angry user next to a similar image of the twin high-rises aflame in front of a sparkling background. “What you guys are doing is exactly the same as this.
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