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Amy Schumer cast as Barbie
Posted on 12/2/16 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 12/2/16 at 2:52 pm
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Amy Schumer will star in Sony’s live-action Barbie movie.
Mattel and producers Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, and Amy Pascal have teamed up for the project, which will try to take a contemporary spin on beauty, feminism and identity.
The feature, with Schumer in the lead, will try to address those in a story that begins in a perfect land of Barbies where one woman slowly awakens to the fact that she doesn’t fit it. She is expelled from the idealistic land and journeys to the real world, where she discovers that being unique is an asset.
The studio is hoping to make an imaginative family comedy with plenty of heart, using the Tom Hanks classics Splash and Big, as well as Disney’s more recent Enchanted, which starred Amy Adams, as touchstones.
Schumer’s casting is sure to raise eyebrows. One, it goes against the classic image of Barbie being a thin beauty that has come under fire in recent times, which is precisely the point of this casting. And two, Schumer has cultivated a brand of saucy comedy that can clash with Mattel’s pristine image of a gal who has unlimited career options.
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Posted on 12/2/16 at 2:54 pm to Dr RC
This is like Michael Cera being cast as Ivan Drago.
This post was edited on 12/2/16 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 12/2/16 at 2:54 pm to Dr RC
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Cast as Ugly Barbie
Fify
Posted on 12/2/16 at 2:54 pm to OMLandshark
She will be so bad at this. She is basically bad at everything anyway
Posted on 12/2/16 at 2:56 pm to Dr RC
"My vagiiiiina"
Posted on 12/2/16 at 2:56 pm to Dr RC
Posted on 12/2/16 at 2:56 pm to Dr RC
quote:
Amy Schumer cast as Barbie
Posted on 12/2/16 at 2:57 pm to Dr RC
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Amy Schumer cast as Fat and Talent-less Barbie
Posted on 12/2/16 at 2:58 pm to Dr RC
More like Barbie-Q AMIRITE
Posted on 12/2/16 at 3:02 pm to Dr RC
With this and the new ghostbusters, Amy Pascal just keeps churning out the flops
Posted on 12/2/16 at 3:07 pm to OMLandshark
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This is like Michael Cera being cast as Ivan Drago.
Killshot on the first reply. Perfect.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 3:08 pm to Dr RC
I mean this could be funny if they let her turn it into the social satire its begging to be. Buuuuuuut family comedy probably not going to work out...
Posted on 12/2/16 at 3:08 pm to Dr RC
I see the absurdity in the casting, but is this really going to damage the board's cherished Barbie memories?
(If you had a fetish, I totally understand the outrage.)
(If you had a fetish, I totally understand the outrage.)
Posted on 12/2/16 at 3:08 pm to OMLandshark
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This is like Michael Cera being cast as Ivan Drago.
The difference being that Michael Cera as Ivan Drago would be hilarious.
"Hey, you know, um, I must break you? Or some shite? I don't know, um, let's just like fight or something, or not, it's cool. Like, forget I said anything....I must break you."
"What?!"
"Nothing! Nothing, I didn't say anything, that's weird, what are you whating about?"
"I think you said 'you must break me'?"
"What? No! I didn't mean BREAK you. More like, 'hey man, like you're cool, or some shite. Like, wanna go for a break after this or something, like...man...like...?
"What are you talking about?"
"Nothing. Imustbreakyou_bye!"
This post was edited on 12/2/16 at 3:59 pm
Posted on 12/2/16 at 3:13 pm to tylerdurden24
quote:No. No it won't be. No it won't be funny no matter what they turn it into. It will be a stinking pile of dog shite. A stinking pile of dog shite with a fat arse, double chin, and pig face.
I mean this could be funny if they let her turn it into the social satire its begging to be.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 3:14 pm to kingbob
You're right that IS hilarious!
Posted on 12/2/16 at 3:15 pm to tylerdurden24
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I mean this could be funny if they let her turn it into the social satire its begging to be. Buuuuuuut family comedy probably not going to work out...
Pretty much agree with this.
Unfortunately, I doubt they will let the satire go very far since Mattel will want it to be family friendly and won't want to piss off mothers who buy Barbie dolls for their kids.
I think the best case scenario is it will be similar in tone to Josie and the Pussycats but w/a neutered attack on commercialism.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 3:18 pm to kingbob
That's how I imagine you irl, tbh
This post was edited on 12/2/16 at 3:19 pm
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