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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Andrew Pulver

‘My sons hated it’ … Shakira says Barbie film is ‘emasculating’

No me gusta … Shakira, left, and Margot Robbie as Barbie.
No me gusta … Shakira, left, and Margot Robbie as Barbie. Composite: Jaume de Laiguana, PR

In an unlikely dissension from what has become a critical and commercial consensus, Colombian musician Shakira has said that the Barbie movie is “emasculating” and suggested that it “rob[s] men of their possibility to be men”.

In an interview with Allure magazine that focused on the “she-wolf feminism” behind her work, Shakira said she had watched the Greta Gerwig-directed satire and said: “My sons absolutely hated it. They felt that it was emasculating. And I agree, to a certain extent.”

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