The Barbenheimer week is upon us, with new movies by Christopher Nolan and Greta Gerwig packing audiences into theaters, potentially for double features that will deal with the creation of the first atom bomb, and the existential crisis facing Barbie (Margot Robbie). The best part about this weekend is that it’s not a gag. Both movies have been favorably reviewed (go read our Oppenheimer review, as well as our Barbie review), and if they are able to give the theatrical model a shot in the arm after a few lackluster performers, the industry as a whole will breathe easily. That doesn’t mean that Barbie wasn’t tinkered with on its way to the theaters, as director Greta Gerwig tells the ReelBlend podcast about an F-bomb she ultimately cut, and who it involved.
