{"id":1981819,"date":"2023-07-24T22:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T02:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-walsh-slams-anti-man-barbie-film-says-marketing-pulled-a-fast-one-on-audience\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T22:10:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T02:10:27","slug":"matt-walsh-slams-anti-man-barbie-film-says-marketing-pulled-a-fast-one-on-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-walsh-slams-anti-man-barbie-film-says-marketing-pulled-a-fast-one-on-audience\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Walsh criticizes the &#8216;anti-man&#8217; &#8216;Barbie&#8217; movie, accuses marketing of deceiving viewers."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmatt-walsh-slams-anti-man-barbie-film-says-marketing-pulled-a-fast-one-on-audience%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1981819&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Daily Wire Host Slams &#8220;Anti-Man,\u2064 Feminist-Propaganda&#8221; Barbie Film<\/h2>\n<p>Daily Wire host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/matt-walsh-goes-viral-after-disney-admits-woke-snow-white-remake-images-are-real\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Walsh<\/a> did not \u200dhold back\u200d his thoughts on what he called the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-lied-rnc-will-sue-biden-over-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"\u2018He Lied\u2019: RNC Will Sue Biden Over Vaccine Mandate\">anti-man<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jason-whitlock-says-black-panther-wakanda-forever-promotes-matriarchy-and-racial-idolatry\/\" title=\"Jason Whitlock Says \"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever\" Promotes \u201cMatriarchy and Racial Idolatry\u201d\">feminist-propaganda<\/a>\u201d \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ben-shapiro-shreds-barbie-in-epic-full-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbie<\/a>\u201d film which\u200b hits the audience over the head with a \u201cman-hating sledgehammer\u201d once in the seats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Matt Walsh Show\u201d host opened his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshShow\/status\/1683540126985535509\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podcast<\/a> \u2062on \u200cMonday\u200c with a report in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/barbie-box-office-oppenheimer-opening-1235541719\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a> that declared director Greta Gerwig\u2019s \u200bfemale-fueled film a smashing success\u200b after it opened to a historic $155 million as of Sunday. However, Walsh said \u2063the biggest credit goes to the \u201cmarketing department\u201d \u2014 who he said had lied about the \u200d\u201ctrue content and message of the film.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Audiences Tricked \u200dInto Watching The \u2063Adventures Of Man-Hating Feminist Barbie <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fp6IdlLhYF\">pic.twitter.com\/Fp6IdlLhYF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Matt Walsh Show (@MattWalshShow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshShow\/status\/1683540126985535509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Marketing Deception\u2064 Exposed<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cNow, if anyone deserves the credit, though, for the biggest box office debut for any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-started-to-sob-salma-hayek-on-filming-desperado-sex-scene\/\" title=\"\u2018I Started To Sob\u2019: Salma Hayek On Filming \u2018Desperado\u2019 Sex Scene\">female director<\/a> in history, it is not the female director but the\u2063 marketing department, because they\u2019re the ones who knew enough to lie about the true content and message of the film,\u201d Walsh said. \u200d\u201cBecause as we\u2019ve now \u200cdiscovered, though, it shouldn\u2019t really have come as a surprise to anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2018Barbie\u2019 movie is a preachy feminist screed about taking down \u2064the patriarchy,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2064 is a gender studies lecture in Barbie packaging\u200b and I know this not because I watched the film. I\u2019d rather jump feet first into \u200da woodchipper than sit through that film. I don\u2019t need to watch Barbie to know that\u200d it\u2019s\u2064 bad for the same reason\u200c that I don\u2019t \u2064need to pull \u200ba rotten\u2064 onion out of the garbage and eat\u2062 it in order to know that I \u200dwon\u2019t like the taste.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The host said he had also\u2064 never thrown himself into a volcano but \u201ccan safely say that the experience would be\u2062 unpleasant and probably a little hot.\u200c So some books can be judged by\u2063 their covers.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Hidden \u2063Agenda Unveiled<\/h3>\n<p>Walsh then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-walsh-slams-anti-man-barbie-film-says-marketing-pulled-a-fast-one-on-audience\/\" title=\"Matt Walsh criticizes the 'anti-man' 'Barbie' movie, accuses marketing of deceiving viewers.\">read \u2062recent\u2063 movie review comments<\/a> which widely praised \u201cBarbie as the most\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbie-delivers-feminism-with-a-man-hating-sledgehammer\/\" title=\"'Barbie' Empowers Women with a Bold Message\">unwavering feminist summer blockbuster<\/a> ever to exist\u201d and \u201cgiving the new\u2062 film particular adoration for its messaging around the patriarchy and gender \u2064roles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, Indiewire \u200cpraised the film\u2019s outside-the-box and funny feminist Fantasia \u200cand singled out [Ryan] Gosling\u2019s performance\u200b of newfound male rage and patriarchal\u200b power as a particular highlight,\u201d the host said. \u201cFunny, though,\u200c they didn\u2019t \u2062tout this thing as a master thesis on feminism in the trailer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can guarantee you they\u200d didn\u2019t put that,\u201d he\u2063 added.\u2062 \u201cThey are \u2063not \u200dgoing to \u200dput that on the poster \u2026 They didn\u2019t \u2064title the\u2064 movie The Adventures of Feminist \u2062Barbie. No mentions\u2062 of patriarchy or\u200d male rage either \u2063in any of the marketing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDangle a funny and fun and nostalgic and family-friendly Barbie\u200c film in front of the \u2062audience,\u201d Walsh continued.\u200d \u201cAnd then when you have them in the \u2064seat, whack them over\u200c the head with the feminist stick, sell them\u2063 the Barbie doll, \u200band let them open the package and find Gloria Steinem inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Underlying Themes Exposed<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/matt-walsh-blasts-leftists-upset-about-jason-aldeans-new-song-who-celebrate-violent-rap-music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walsh<\/a> then noted \u200cthe \u201cmajor\u2062 underlying theme\u201d in\u2064 the movie involves how Ken and \u201cmen\u2062 in Barbie land\u201d \u200care \u201cuseless and stupid. \u2062But then men \u2062in the real world are useless and stupid, but also violent, predatory and in control of everything. Ken witnesses this \u2063dynamic and tries to export the \u200dpatriarchy back to Barbie land\u2063 and they actually call it \u2062the patriarchy in\u2062 the film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire host concluded that the marketing department knew that \u201cfeminism\u201d \u200cwouldn\u2019t sell that\u2019s why they \u201chid it \u200caway, \u200dtucked it under all the pink and plastic, and then came out with the man-hating sledgehammer when the audience was already sitting in\u2063 the seats.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Walsh, host of &#8220;The Matt Walsh Show&#8221; on Daily Wire, strongly criticized the &#8220;Barbie&#8221; film for its feminist propaganda and man-hating approach. He expressed his thoughts on the movie, which he believes forcefully pushes its agenda onto the audience. Walsh&#8217;s comments were in response to a report in the Hollywood Reporter about the film&#8217;s director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1981820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1981819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1981819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1981819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1981820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1981819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1981819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1981819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}