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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the first time I’ve seen anyone say the film was cynical. In fact, pretty much ever critic has said the opposite - it works because Greta Gerwig is so very not cynical.[/quote]

This is actually part of a trend with critics I’ve noticed in other contexts. I think movie critics themselves are so seeped in cynicism that they can’t actually recognize a deliberately cynical movie when they encounter one. Movie criticism used to be done mostly by people who truly loved movies, but a lot of those critics have retired or moved on. The critics these days don’t seem to be able to actually enjoy a movie. Even if they give a good review, there is no joy in the experience. I think many critics are somehow afraid to show any happiness in the experience of cinema, and the pure joy of movies has been crushed out of a lot of reviewers. I used to read a lot of reviews. I didn’t always agree with them but what I felt I shared with the critics was a love of movies. But that’s been missing from reviews for awhile; I stopped reading.

Barbie is both cynical and manipulative, but if you make your living being profoundly cynical yourself, you can’t recognize it. In fact, packaged and cynical “joy” like Barbie provides is probably very appealing to most current critics. [/quote]

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