Margot Robbie’s Barbie Is Sexually Harassed In New Trailer

In Barbie world, yesterday, today, tomorrow, “and every day from now until forever” is the best day ever. The fake sun rises and falls over a pink plastic dreamland, and Barbie (Margaret Robbie) and her friends enjoy dancing and floating gracefully from rooftops. But there comes a time when one must know the truth about the universe. No, really, Barbie has to know the truth about the universe. Kate McKinnon’s twisted Barbie gives her little choice in the trailer for the new movie, which premieres July 21.

The problem is that the truth of the universe is a lot less easy to digest than the perfectly ordered Barbie world. In the real world, Barbie gets her butt slapped by a lurking skater. In the real world, Ken (Ryan Gosling) engages in casual misogyny, believing he can perform an appendectomy just because he’s male and fires the female doctor who tells him otherwise. (Doesn’t Ken live in a matriarchal society? Does Ken get a red pill in this movie?!) In the real world, Barbie faces complicated philosophical concepts: “People only have one end. Ideas live forever,” she has shared.

None of this is any particular surprise when the Barbie script comes from the twisted minds of Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig. Gerwig, who also directs, wrote an “abstract poem” as part of her pitch for the film that “has some similarities to the Apostles’ Creed,” pointing out that Ken was created to represent “Barbie’s position in our eyes and in the world.” , which is “the opposite of the creation myth in Genesis.” She said Fashion Barbie’s character arc – contemplating death, getting flat feet, leaving to discover the truth of the universe – was inspired by the parenting book Reviving Ophelia: “How is this journey the same as a teenage girl feels? Suddenly she thinks Oh, I’m not good enough.”

But of course, the new trailer isn’t all serious theory and the depressing reality of sexual harassment. There are also colorful costumes, playful set designs and a bunch of beautiful, enthusiastic Barbies. Plus, there’s a preview of Dua Lipa’s new track from the newly announced Mark Ronson-produced soundtrack for the film. (The pop star will also appear on screen as Mermaid Barbie.) And if you listen closely, you’ll hear a sneak peek of Nicki Minaj’s contribution to the soundtrack, which apparently Aqua’s classic ‘Barbie Girl’.

“If this came out, it could mean extremely weird things for our world,” Will FerrellMattel’s manic CEO says in the trailer. That could be a good summary of the Barbie film phenomenon as a whole!