Let’s start off with something important here: Yes, Ryan Gosling deserved an Oscar nomination for playing Ken in Barbie. He was fantastic all around, especially when his job goes beyond “beach” later in the movie.
But I’m going to go ahead and say it: Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig were robbed. If not for Robbie’s incredible job navigating through Barbie’s struggles as she learns about the real world, and Gerwig’s expert directing to bring laughs, tears and everything in between, that movie wouldn’t be as instant-classic as it is.
And as some fans are pointing out, it kind of proves the point of the movie, doesn’t it? As one post on X (formerly Twitter) said: “Ryan Gosling, while deserving, got an Oscar nomination for Barbie while Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie didn’t? Completely proving the point of the movie in 20 [expletive] 24 you cannot make this up.”
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