Bill Maher bemoans ‘preachy’ film fighting patriarchy

Monthly bill Maher does not imagine Greta Gerwig’s illustration of lifetime in plastic is all that fantastic.

The “True Time” host shared his views Monday about “Barbie” on X, formerly identified as Twitter.

Even though the film starring Margot Robbie as the titular character has surpassed $1 billion at the box office environment given that its July 21 launch day, Maher wasn’t amazed.

“I was hoping it wouldn’t be preachy, gentleman-hating, and a #ZombieLie – alas, it was all three,” Maher started. He explained a “zombie lie” as “anything that never was real, but specified folks refuse to end indicating it (tax cuts for the prosperous maximize revenues, e.g.) OR some thing that Utilized to be legitimate but no lengthier is, but specified men and women pretend it is really nonetheless genuine. ‘Barbie’ is this sort of #ZombieLie.”

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Maher continued, taking challenge with portrayal of Mattel’s board in the movie as “12 white males! The Patriarchy!” he wrote. “Except you will find a Mattel board in real everyday living, and it’s 7 adult males and 5 women.” Mattel’s internet site currently identifies 11 Board of Directors, consisting of 6 adult men and five gals.

“Ok, not excellent even-steven,” Maher went on, “but not the way the board IN THE Movie – which requires put in 2023 – is portrayed. And not definitely any lengthier deserving of the term ‘patriarchy.’ Certainly, there was one particular, and remnants of it remain – but this film is so 2000-LATE.”

“I know, I know, ‘How could I know about the patriarchy, I AM a male!’” Maher wrote, preemptively going on the defense. “That argument is so aged and so foolish. Of course, none of us can know accurately what other folks go by way of everyday living, but I can see the planet all around me, and I can examine data.

“The serious Mattel board is a very shut mirror of the nation, in which 45% of the 449 board seats loaded final 12 months in Fortune 500 providers were females,” Maher added. “Barbie is exciting, I appreciated it – but it IS a #ZombieLie,” Maher wrote in summary. “Let’s reside in the yr we are residing in! Hello Ken!!!”