Barbie
Summary
There has been a lot of word about aBarbiespinoff pore on Ken , but the original movie already overcompensate the only storyline that would make such an approximation work . Barbieis one of the most talked about movies of the year , and also the highest - grossing , earning an impressive $ 1.4 billion at the box place . impart its success , speculation about aBarbiesequel and even a Ken spinoff are happening , but there are n’t many ways the latter would operate .
Barbiestars Margot Robbie as the titular doll , who travels outside Barbieland and realizes it ’s nothing like the real world . Ryan Gosling plays an insecure Ken chick , and he received an irresistibly positivistic reception for his carrying into action , leading to more conversation about a possibleBarbiespinoff about his theatrical role . conscientious objector - author and directorGreta Gerwig has acknowledged theBarbiespinoff idea focused on Kenby commenting , " We ’ll see . " Even though it seems to be a good idea on newspaper publisher , there is no other successful plot line for Gosling ’s Ken character than the one he already had inBarbie .
A Barbie spinoff with Ken in the lead would defeat the detail of Barbie ’s box spot triumph and miss the signification of the film itself and Beach Ken .
A Ken Spinoff Would Only Work With 1 Storyline (& Barbie Already Did It)
There’s no good storyline to warrant a Ken movie.
The only path a spinoff concenter on Ken could uphold the original movie ’s message would be to disentangle his toxic maleness , andBarbiealready did this . After Ryan Gosling ’s " Beach Ken " follow Robbie ’s " Stereotypical Barbie " into the real Earth , he see about the patriarchate and want to implement that in Barbieland . He render home and convinces the other Kens to make major changes in Barbieland , and he deliver the goods , up to a point .
Gosling ’s Ken is a great companion to Robbie ’s Barbie , and he offer much - needed mirthful easing throughout the motion-picture show . Ken ’s journey toward understanding the patriarchy and his descent into villainy and why it was tough made a great plot line . However , theBarbiemovie squash everything there was out of it . At theend ofBarbie , Ken disentangle his toxic masculinity and give way on a journey of self - discovery outside his human relationship with Barbie . SinceBarbiefollowed this exact way for Gosling ’s Ken , there ’s no other fashion to make this plot line fresh in a sequel or spinoff .
There is a continuous conversation about Ken get his own Barbie spinoff , but there ’s another Ryan Gosling movie that should encounter a sequel .
The spinoff couldn’t redo the storyline from the original film.
Barbiehas already pursue the storyline with Ken learning about the patriarchate and then going on his path of ego - uncovering , so continue this would make a spinoff finger stale . While they had important parts in the motion picture , as great as they were , the Kens do n’t necessitate a continuation . If there were a Ken spinoff , it would have to have an amazing storyline , and it ’s heavy to think of a ripe one than the plot of the originalBarbie . If there were to be aBarbiespinoff that involved the Kens , it should be led by one of the many Barbies that are still in Barbieland .
