evidence: Greta Gerwig’s Barbie grossed a record-breaking $155 million domestically — and $377 million internationally — in its first weekend. The blockbuster film also crushed right-wing efforts to boycott the film for its "man-hating" and "woke feminism," and Barbie has since driven her pink Corvette over the delicate egos of outraged conservatives to score the biggest film debut of 2023. While Gerwig didn’t anticipate the right-wing backlash, she continues to maintain that Barbie is for all. "Certainly, there’s a lot of passion," the director told The New York Times when asked about conservatives who have taken to publicly burning Mattel dolls in protest. "My hope for the movie is that it’s an invitation for everybody to be part of the party and let go of the things that aren’t necessarily serving us as either women or men." [...] Ginger Gaetz, the wife of Rep. Matt Gaetz (who can’t say Margot Robbie is hot without being transphobic), criticized Barbie for neglecting "to address any notion of faith or family," and "disappointingly low T" (testosterone) and "beta energy" from Ryan Gosling’s Ken.