evidence: I’m a little late to Barbie Mania, but I finally saw this unique film written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, and directed by Greta Gerwig. I adored Gerwig’s Little Women (2019), and so I had high hopes for this movie. Immediately after leaving the cinema and even while watching the movie, my brain was bustling with opinions and my heart was fluttering with feelings. Firstly, I loved the set and costume design. The intricacy and attention to detail in this movie were immaculate. The narration by Helen Mirren was beautiful, and it was perfectly cast. It felt like Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling were born to play Barbie and Ken. As a woman of color and a black woman, I loved seeing a black Barbie as president (Issa killed it). It was also great to see another black Barbie (Alexandra Shipp) as a Nobel prize winner and author — highly inspirational, even to me as a grown black woman. I completely adored America Ferrera and Ariana Greenblatt’s characters, Gloria and Sasha, as the token family responsible for stereotypical Barbie.