There is no room for Barbie at the Oscars. Or at least, not for Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig. Despite the eight nominations received by the box office champion worldwide, on social media (and not only) people are talking about the exclusion of the protagonist and the director of the film, snubbed by the insiders. This fact was also commented on by Ryan Gosling, who managed to get the nomination for best supporting actor for his interpretation of Ken.
The reactions
If for "Barbie Stereotype" being snubbed by the Academy would have represented "normality", the same can't be said for Margot Robbie, surprisingly excluded from the nomination for best leading actress. She didn't expect it, her director Greta Gerwig didn't expect it, and neither did her Ken, played by Ryan Gosling. Despite the eight nominations, the 2023 box office champion film failed to win the most important ones, such as "best film", "best leading actress" and "best direction". This fact is causing much discussion not only among the fans of the film, but also among the actors themselves.
Ryan Gosling's comment
After yesterday's ceremony, Ryan Gosling also commented on the Academy's decision, expressing his disagreement: "There can be no Ken if there is no Barbie, and there can be no Barbie film without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two most deserving people for this historic film celebrated worldwide. No other person could win an award for this film without their talent, their determination and their genius". Indeed, if Barbie failed to make it into the top five actresses, Ken and Ryan Gosling, nominated for best supporting actor, did. No comment, however, from the two excluded, probably caught off guard. Many people, in fact, took their nomination for the two awards for granted, considering that it was their remarkable work that contributed to the success of the film. A film that "did not direct itself", as also commented by journalist and former White House communications director Jennifer Palmieri, who highlighted the seriousness of the director's exclusion from the nominations. Actress America Ferrera (nominated for best supporting actress) also agreed, saying she was "incredibly disappointed" by Robbie and Gerwig's exclusion.
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