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Be a Barbieheimer girl, in a Barbieheimer world…
It’s July, which means it is also the month of Barbieheimer!
Margot Robbie as Barbie; Cillian Murphy as Robert Oppenheimer.Photo Illustration: Chuck Kerr / Barbie: Courtesy Warner Bros., Oppenheimer: Courtesy Universal; Explosion: alexyz3D/Adobe Stock
It’sthe movies, as God, Mattel, and Robert Oppenheimer intended.
But here’s a little rundown in case this portmanteau has you scratching your head.
What is Barbieheimer?
Margot Robbie in ‘Barbie’.Warner Bros. Pictures
Well, my friend, let me tell you it is the cinematic event of the century.
It is, to borrow from another classic movie, the stuff that dreams are made of.
Is it “Barbieheimer” or “Barbenheimer”?
Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer’.Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures
It’s both, it’s neither.
Thus, the meme of this portmanteau has trended two ways as both Barbieheimer and Barbenheimer.
(Though we draw the line at Oppenbarbie).
Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie in ‘Barbie’.Warner Bros. Pictures
In the spirit of equity, Barbieheimer affords both films the same syllable count in the word.
What have the stars of Barbie and Oppenheimer said about Barbieheimer?
Many members of the teams involved withBarbieandOppenheimerhave weighed in on the discourse about Barbieheimer.
Christopher Nolan directing ‘Oppenheimer.'.Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures
Imagine Christopher Nolan commenting on the Barbieheimer phenom which he did!
The filmmaker toldIGNthat he finds the obsession “terrific.”
For her part, Barbiedirector Greta Gerwig is tickled pink by it all.
Kingsley Ben-Adir, Ryan Gosling, and Ncuti Gatwa in ‘Barbie’.Warner Bros. Pictures
“It’s all love double up, double up twice,” she toldThe Hollywood Reporter.
“I think you’ve got to see what the experience is,BarbiethenOppenheimer,OppenheimerthenBarbie.
I think you’ve got to take all of the journeys.”
AfterVanity Fairintroduced him to the concept of Barbieheimer, Damon only had good will for both projects.
“People are allowed to go see two movies in a weekend,” he proclaimed.
“Oppenheimeris one of them!”
Cillian Murphy, who plays the titular physicist inOppenheimer, is similarly pro the double feature idea.
“I can’t wait to seeBarbie,” he told Spanish publicationLa Vanguardia.
“I love Margot Robbie,I love Ryan Gosling, I want to see them now!
My advice would be for people to go see both, on the same day.
If they are good films, that is what the cinema wins.”
“[It’s] hilarious,“she told THRof the meme.
What’s the right way to watch Barbieheimer?
This brings us to the greatest question of our age what order should you watch Barbieheimer?
Look, we’re journalists.
We basically invented the concept of an all-nighter.
We are not morning people.
But let’s be real,Oppenheimeris the hair of the dog sobering and bracing in the utmost.
It’s a literal wake-up call.
Prepare your body to bathe in the magenta haze ofBarbie.Ryan Gosling isjust Ken, and you know what Ken?
You’re doing great, sweetie.
Being just Ken is more than enough.
Er, what’s that?Barbie thinks about death too?
Okay, maybe also book a reservation for post-Barbiedrinks too.
Where can you find the best off-brand Barbieheimer merch?
Designers on sites like RedBubble, TeePublic, and Etsy have created more designs than there are Barbie accessories.
We’re big fans ofthis one, which features Barbie watching the pink mushroom cloud of the atomic bomb.
It almost hasAsteroid Cityvibes if you want to throw in another summer movie.
Here’sa similar takeon the mash-up, this one with tons of t-shirt colors.
TeePublic also has plenty of Barbieheimer swag, includingthis t-shirtthat conjoins Barbie and Oppenheimer’s faces.
Might as well look cute while expressing your existential dread.
How are people embracing Barbieheimer?
Lest you think this is some internet trend with no system in the real world, think again.
All that could add up to an awful lot of Barbie dream houses in ticket sales.
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