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HI BARBIE! It’s girls’ night, plus one Ken (special guest Nathan Simmons)! Join the squad for our discussion of the already iconic Barbie movie. We talk about the film’s brilliant marketing, Barbie’s particular brand of feminism, the excellent cast, motherhood and daughterhood, and of course, the weird conservative backlash. Read along for our next Bookpisode on Thirst for Salt by Madelaine Lucas on 9/5. Then join us and special guest Grace Treutel (author of the chapbook From the Humid Chambers of My Heart) for an Othersode about What We Do in the Shadows on 9/19! Send us feedback (PLEASE) to thesquad@booksquadgoals.com! And while you’re at it, leave us a rating and review on Apple podcasts. Thanks, Barbie!

Table of Contents:
:30– Welcome, Nathan! And icebreaker
8:10– The Barbie Movie intro
13:50– Barbie’s marketing
24:55– Literary influence
41:32–Casting
51:45– response from critics
1:08:00–Motherhood corner
1:18:21– we are Barbie gorls
1:24:40– What’s on the blog? What’s up next?

Where to find Nathan:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/oh-thats-a-scary-movie/id1578168937
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-silver-linings-playlist/id1328636209
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aipt-comics/id1448147137
https://www.youtube.com/@thefevertherage

Variety Barbie Marketing article:
https://variety.com/2023/film/box-office/barbie-marketing-campaign-explained-warner-bros-1235677922/

Nel nuovo episodio del Podcast di Cineguru, Davide Dellacasa commenta con Andrea Vidoni, Vice-President Marketing Sud Europa di Warner Bros. Discovery, il weekend cinematografico appena trascorso, segnato dall'enorme successo di Barbie, che ha debuttato con 337 milioni di dollari nel mondo e 7,7 milioni di euro in Italia. Un ottimo segnale per un'estate forte e ricca di titoli che fanno bene al mercato.

Spazio anche per alcune considerazioni sulla campagna marketing di Barbie, sul successo di Oppenheimer in USA e sull'impatto che lo sciopero degli attori potrebbe avere nei prossimi mesi.

In this episode we discuss everything that we loved about director, James Gunn’s ‘THE SUICIDE SQUAD.’ Tune in for pop culture news updates for: the DCU, Candyman, The Accountant 2 + much more!
Podcast music by:
Onarres.