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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    1 year ago

    The common understanding is with DPRK ready to go at any given moment in theory that they need the population to be trained just in case.

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      Then it seems pretty sexist to leave women out of the opportunity to effectively defend themselves in case North Korea ever attacks.