Moviegoers in Northern Colorado helped fuel the "Barbie" movie phenomenon, infusing mom-and-pop theaters with massive revenue from ticket sales. Local indie movie house in Fort Collins said "Barbie" was its No. 1 grossing film of all time.
Colorado State University was astounded when the movie was released. The feminist scholar says she expected something light and commercialized. Instead, it was subversive 鈥� a film about feminism disguised with frills and lots of pink.
鈥淭he fact that they managed to package a legitimately feminist argument into a billion-dollar summer blockbuster is just astonishing," Anderson said.
The movie's feminist aspects also provoked some backlash, which .
"Barbie" has now migrated from theaters to streaming services 鈥� and given those expanded viewing options, we sat down with Anderson to unpack more about the "Barbie" phenomenon in Colorado and beyond.
