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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mari Yamaguchi

Barbie's Japanese distributor apologizes for its parent company's reaction to Barbenheimer memes

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Warner Bros has apologised after the studio’s Japan branch accused its social media posts of trivialising nuclear war in memes about Barbie and Oppenheimer.

The Japanese branch of the studio’s official social media account reacted to the “regrettable” and “inconsiderate” posts, which attempted to join in on the recent craze surrounding the release of both films, whose titles have been merged to create the phrase “Barbenheimer”.

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