Comedian and podcaster Marc Maron is taking shots at conservative men who are having an issue with Barbie for being “woke.” Maron shared a review of the Greta Gerwig film and said critics of the Margot Robbie-starring movie are “a bunch of f***ing insecure babies.” “I saw Barbie and I thought it was a f***ing masterpiece.
And like, I don’t throw that word around lightly, but, Jesus Christ,” Maron said in a TikTok video. Maron said he didn’t know what to expect of the film and was not particularly excited about seeing it either. “It’s like it does a fairly amazing thing to create a sort of broad-based entertainment product that applies to the entire spectrum.
I think primarily of women. And then just seep it in progressive politics and basic feminism in a way that’s funny, informative, and well-executed in a context that is completely engaging is f***ing monumental,” he continued.
Maron said he had never seen anything like Barbie before in that it “thoroughly explains feminist ideas in a way that’s funny.” “And the comedy about men is inspired and the fact that certain men took offense to the point where they, you know, tried to build a grift around it in terms of their narrative as right-wing *** is so embarrassing for them,” he added. “I mean, so embarrassing for them.
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