A lack of cultural nostalgia attached to the toy and wariness of the film’s feminist messaging may have kept the Korean audience away from the Hollywood mega-hit: "There is no real fan base for ‘Barbie’ in Korea.”

  • @kamenoko
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    811 months ago

    Maybe the issue is compelling your citizens to join your military in the first place?

      • @kamenoko
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        211 months ago

        Then it seems pretty sexist to leave women out of the opportunity to effectively defend themselves in case North Korea ever attacks.

        • @[email protected]
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          711 months ago

          Isn’t that why men say that if they want to get the same privileges they should enroll as well?

          The caviat is that the mandatory service is two years long, which most Korean women don’t want to waste in the military

          • @kamenoko
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            311 months ago

            No rational human should ever want to waste 2 years of their life learning how to kill.

            • @[email protected]
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              311 months ago

              That’s a perfectly reasonable thing to learn whilst still technically at war with a tyrannical socialist neighbour.

    • @[email protected]
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      211 months ago

      This was an incredibly stupid thing to say when their only direct neighbor wants them all dead.

      • @kamenoko
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        311 months ago

        If the threat is that large then it should be no issue to have a standing, regular army instead of forced conscription.

          • @kamenoko
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            611 months ago

            Young men die for old men’s pride… close enough?