What ‘Barbie’ has to say about LDS teachings on paradise, priesthood, patriarchy and perfectionism
Noting the film’s allusions to the biblical Eden, author says “it would have been a total tragedy for Eve to have stayed in the Garden or for Barbie to stay in Barbieland.”
(Warner Bros. Pictures) Barbie (Margot Robbie, front) drives her pink Corvette out of BarbieLand, with Ken (Ryan Gosling) as a stowaway, in director Greta Gerwig's "Barbie." The movie has messages for Latter-day Saints and others about patriarchy and perfectionism.