On the PBS show Amanpour & Co., host Christiane Amanpour celebrated Latino actress America Ferrera and her monologue in the massively popular Barbie movie, where she laments “It’s literally impossible to be a woman….we’re always doing it wrong. You have to never get old, never be rude, never show off, never be selfish, never fall down, never fail, never show fear, never get out of line.”
Ferrera, a feminist and a Democrat, said she was “so excited,” that “it’s the Barbie movie that no one asked for. That no one thought we needed, you know.” Amanpour shot back: “And kind of subversively, seriously feminist.“
Amanpour said many probably expected a light movie about a classic doll. Ferrera replied “it very easily could have been something bright and fun and exciting, and probably would’ve made a lot of money and been successful. But what Greta [Gerwig] and…
