Greta Gerwig is weighing in on Jo Koy 'Barbie' joke at the Golden Globes which many called sexist. While appearing on BBC Radio 4 Today, the writer-director addressed the quip he delivered during his first Globes hosting gig. The joke has been criticized by some for being reductive or sexist, and some Globes viewers noticed that audience wasn't necessarily laughing either. But Gerwig offered a different take on Koy's joke.
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00:00 "And Barbie is on a plastic doll with big boobies."
00:03 Greta Gerwig is weighing in on Joe Coy's Barbie joke at the Golden Globes,
00:09 which many called sexist. While appearing on BBC Radio 4 Today,
00:13 the writer and director addressed the quip Coy delivered during his first Globes hosting gig.
00:18 The joke has been criticized by some for being reductive or sexist, and some Globes viewers
00:23 noticed that the audience wasn't necessarily laughing either. But Gerwig offered a different
00:27 take on Coy's joke. "Well, he's not wrong. She's the first doll that was mass-produced with breasts,
00:32 so he was right on. And you know, I think that so much of the project of the movie was unlikely
00:37 because it is about a plastic doll." Gerwig went on to add that Barbie, a toy her own mother was
00:42 hesitant about her playing with when she was young, "by her very construction has no character,
00:47 no story. She's there to be projected upon." The Oscar-nominated filmmaker added that
00:51 throughout Barbie's history, which began in 1959, "she has been at points ahead of
00:56 and behind the culture. She's been a villain and she's been a hero, but it felt like in a way,
01:01 even though it's so seemingly superficial, that it was such a rich place to start."
01:05 Gerwig is among a growing number of voices who have weighed in on Coy's controversial jokes.
01:10 "On the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift. I swear,
01:15 it was just more to go to." On Tuesday, both Steve Martin and Whoopi Goldberg,
01:20 as two actor-comedians themselves, acknowledged the difficulty of the job.
01:24 "I don't know whether it was the room, I don't know whether it was the jokes,
01:28 I didn't get to see it. But I do know that he is as good as it gets."
01:33 Martin wrote, "Congratulations to Joe Coy, who took on the toughest gig in show business,
01:37 hit, missed, was light on his feet, and now has 20 minutes of new material for his stand-up."
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