‘Barbie’ slammed as ‘man-hating woke propaganda’ amid box office success


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Barbie holds a 90% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Photo: Handout

Conservatives aren’t playing with Barbie, with many on the right slamming the colorful blockbuster as a “woke ... flaming garbage heap.”

The likes of conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, Sen. Ted Cruz, and the wife of US Rep. Matt Gaetz are among those who have taken to the streets — also known as social media and Fox News — to denounce Greta Gerwig’s film, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

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