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Why Did ‘Barbie’ Bomb in South Korea? (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

submitted 1 year ago by realcaseyrollins@kbin.projectsegfau.lt to c/moviesandtv@lemmy.film

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A lack of cultural nostalgia attached to the toy and wariness of the film's feminist messaging may have kept the Korean audience away from the Hollywood mega-hit: "There is no real fan base for 'Barbie' in Korea.”

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[–] firewyre@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This was an incredibly stupid thing to say when their only direct neighbor wants them all dead.

[–] kamenoko@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the threat is that large then it should be no issue to have a standing, regular army instead of forced conscription.