The Barbie movie is finally in India and is already colouring everything pink. People have been flocking to the Greta Gerwig-directed film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in the title characters as Barbie and Ken and have nothing but praises to sing about the film and how it gives a unique spin to the beloved children’s toy.
However, television actor Juhi Parmar posted about a not so pleasant time she had when she went for the movie that resulted in her and her daughter leaving not even 10-15 minutes into the film.
Parmar signed off the letter as a ‘concerned and disappointed parent’, and asked why this film was being allowed to be showcased to young kids and that it broke the ‘perfect illusion of a Barbie’.
Why Did Juhi Parmar Walk Out Of The Movie?
On 25th July 2023, TV actor Juhi Parmar, most known for her show Kumkum, posted on her Instagram account about what happened when she went to see the Barbie movie with her 10-year-old daughter.
She began by saying “I start with owning up to my mistake, I took my 10-year-old daughter Samairra to watch your film without researching the fact that it was a “PG-13” movie. 10 minutes into the movie, inappropriate language, sexual connotations and I was anxiously running out of the theater wondering what had I just exposed my child to. She had been waiting to watch your film and here I was just shocked, disappointed and heartbroken with what I had just exposed her to.”
She added how she wasn’t the only one to rush out of the theatre writing “I was the first one to walk out of the movie within 10/15 minutes and by the time I reached out, I saw other parents following with their little ones crying, while some parents chose to stay back to watch the entire movie. I’m glad though that I chose to walk out within 10-15 minutes as I didn’t even want to think about how much worse it would have got-ten…. In fact, I would say leave PG-13, the language and content in your film Barbie is inappropriate even for children 13 and above.”
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It seems though, not everyone was in agreement with Juhi though as people called her out for not only taking her underage daughter to a film that was meant for an older audience, but also missing the main point of the movie.
Someone wrote that “Yk instead of posting a review based on 10-15 minutes of the movie, maybe try watching the entire thing and then form an opinion? Also in your entire post you give no example of what was even inappropriate in the movie. The reason it’s PG-13 is because Barbie is a functioning adult and the movie has themes deeper than a child could ever understand.
The only reason you’re pissed is because they showed Barbie as an actual woman and not just the perfect idea you’ve been feeding your kids. If you watched the entire thing (with or without your kid) you would have been able to write a more intellectual review than whatever this post is.”
Another user commented that “I guess you need to understand that this movie is not adult because of why you have mentioned but because it talks about deeper themes like existential crisis, mental health, and patriarchy which might be too heavy for children to understand m. It was clearly not a Disney animated movie and I don’t think this kind of open letter is a way to showcase your opinion.”
One person said “How can you say you didn’t check the ratings? I mean isn’t that an easy way out to put the blame on the makers. This is the height of being an irresponsibility and then we preach about being responsible parenting kamaal hai Ma’am.”
Someone else in her comments wrote “This post is completely biased, wrong and unnecessary. It is obvious that you walked out within the first 10 minutes because if you would’ve stayed you would understand the point of the movie and it’s not meant to cater to your ‘perfect’ illusion of Barbie. it actually teaches young girls a valuable lesson of sexism and perfect female beauty standards which need to change.”
One user also added that “Indian daily TV actors should be the last one’s to comment on any “content”… Indian kids grow up watching all those toxic nonsense daily soaps.”
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