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Joseph Abrams, Alicia Adamczyk

Barbie's 'humanity' is what made the movie a hit, Mattel execs say.

(Credit: Kim Utley for Fortune)

Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Caroline Ellison testified against Sam Bankman-Fried, Oprah enters the Ozempic era, and Fortune senior writer Alicia Adamczyk writes about the cultural impact of the Barbie movie, as discussed on Day 2 of Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit. Enjoy your Wednesday. 

- The power of pink. I wasn’t expecting to cry while watching the Barbie movie, but then again, I also wasn’t expecting to watch an at-times hysterical and at others profoundly moving meditation on what it means to be human when I sat down in the theater a few months ago.

The ticket sales speak for themself: Worldwide, the movie's box office haul is approaching $1.5 billion, making it one of the biggest films of the year and the highest-grossing global release in Warner Bros. history. Clearly I wasn’t the only one moved by the film.

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