You would need a lengthy list if you were going to try and track all of the pop culture references included in Barbie. Even though the blockbuster comedy spends a lot of time in the fictional BarbieLand, there are numerous references to things happening in our world, from the music of Matchbox 20 to the films of Stanley Kubrick. We highlighted this comedy in our official Barbie review, but there was a joke that legitimately felt like it was directed at me, personally, and I’m thrilled that Greta Gerwig is talking about its origin.
You may or may not know that I’m the Snyder Cut expert on CinemaBlend. I did the bulk of the reporting on the mythical cut of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, and went so far as to write a book about the fan movement that spent three years fighting online to get that version of the movie released. However, in the Barbie movie, vested interest in the Snyder Cut is linked to the type of toxic masculinity that possesses Ken (Ryan Gosling), and a Barbie played by Alexandra Shipp talking about how odd her fascination was when she comes out of a brainwashed haze.
