Shadow of a doubt (1995)9/16/2023 He trades in his pink cotton shorts for a hyper-masculine ninja-slash-biker(?) outfit and a floor-length fur coat he installs an excessive amount of giant flatscreen TVs all over Barbie’s Dreamhouse, as if it’s a sports bar he starts singing about wanting to take Barbie “for granted” in an acoustic rendition of Matchbox Twenty’s “Push.” Finally, his tyranny dissipates into self-pity during an elaborate musical soliloquy called “Just Ken,” in which he asks: “Is it my destiny to live and die a life of blond fragility?” After stowing away with Barbie on her quest to the real world, Ken gets a taste of the patriarchy, and his alienation mutates into a childish misogyny. Always an Instagram boyfriend, never an influencer. He ruminates in the shadows, just outside Barbie’s disco spotlight. ![]() ![]() Played with an innocence that could only come from the cobwebbed Mickey Mouse Club corners of Gosling’s mind, Ken struggles to find his own self-worth.
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