The fact is that Ken is, ultimately, not simply the villain of the film. He's also the damsel in distress. Look at his miserable life in Barbieland when we meet him: he has no Dream House to call his own – where the Kens live is unclear – and seems to spend all his time on tenterhooks waiting for Barbie to notice him.
Ken's unexpected villain turn stems from his feelings of inferiority and invisibility to Barbie, leading him to embrace the patriarchy. Ken's failure to take over Barbieland with the patriarchy highlights the ingenuity and resourcefulness of the Barbies and reinforces the film's themes of empowerment and self-worth.
Kenneth Sean "Ken" Carson, more commonly known as Beach Ken and Mojo Dojo Ken, is the main antagonist of the 2023 comedy-drama film Barbie. Ken is one of the Kens of Barbieland who has an unrequited crush on Stereotypical Barbie.
Because Ken feels like an accessory to Barbie, and not a genuine part of her life (like her boyfriend or best friend). He is having an existential crisis.
Ken, who, yes, is a Pisces, was created as a male counterpart and companion to Barbie by Ruth Handler, the inventor of the iconic mononymous fashion doll. (She also founded and ran Mattel until 1975 with her husband, Elliot.) Ken was made in response to those who wrote Mattel complaining about Barbie's singledom.
Before Barbie came out, Robbie explained to Vogue that she played Barbie as if she didn't feel sexual desire, which also may have contributed to her lack of feelings for Ken. “I'm like, Okay, she's a doll. She's a plastic doll. She doesn't have organs.
But after the Barbies reveal their victory and Ken goes off crying, it's Barbie who apologizes to Ken, not the other way around. Some viewers have wondered: why does Barbie apologize to Ken when he's the one who brainwashed all her friends and took over Barbie Land?
He works as a lifeguard along with his friends at Oceans Extreme. He likes surfing and has taught Skipper how to surf. He had a crush on Harriet and wanted to ask her out for school dance, but was too afraid to ask. He has a crush on Barbie but doesn't have the nerves to tell her.
“Barbie has a great day every day, but Ken only has a great day if Barbie looks at him,” the narrator, voiced by Helen Mirren, says in the beginning of “Barbie.” It is one of the most iconic and searing lines of the film because of the painful truth it contains: Men are raised to understand their own value as being ...
And so the safe, boyfriend-friend dynamic of Barbie and Ken's relationship was established. Notably designed with no genitalia, he signifies a first masculine encounter in little girls' playscapes and a safe space in which to practice romantic relationships.
Barbie makes it clear she's not interested in Ken romantically and urges him to find his own personal passions. The finale not only flips the normal script on female-centric films—in which a woman discovers she doesn't need a man to find her inner power (Legally Blonde, Eat Pray Love, etc.)
The fact is that Ken is, ultimately, not simply the villain of the film. He's also the damsel in distress. Look at his miserable life in Barbieland when we meet him: he has no Dream House to call his own – where the Kens live is unclear – and seems to spend all his time on tenterhooks waiting for Barbie to notice him.
The film tackles Barbie's struggle to forge her own identity and her realization that a perfect life may not be what she wants. Barbie ultimately chooses to join the real world and fully participate in life, embracing her own body and self without any limitations.
Ken Kaneki is the protagonist of the Tokyo Ghoul series. He was once a human that was turned into a ghoul through an operation done on him by a doctor. After this, Kaneki gained great physical strength, endurance, and regeneration abilities which are considered to be unique.
Ken can rock the casual white button-down and denim look, but he takes it up a notch with shiny silver sneakers and a slim tie. Sure, he perfects nerdy hipster look with really thick black glasses and a bright yellow plaid shirt.
In Frozen, Hans goes from a courtly charmer to a power-hungry villain. According to Hyrum Osmond, one of the supervising animators for Hans, Hans initially appears as a handsome, dashing character. The crew wanted the audience to fall in love with him and the relationship he could have with Anna.
And while the two are boyfriend and girlfriend in the movie, Barbie doesn't seem to feel the same way for Ken as he does for her. Warner Bros. This could be explained by the fact that Barbie and Ken are dolls, and they don't really have a "sexual" attraction to each other.
When Ken goes to the real world, he discovers patriarchy and he LOVES it. He has been “redpilled”. Patriarchy explains his aggrievement, and affirms his feelings. He takes patriarchy back to Barbieland and transforms it to Kendom, where the men change it to a society oriented around men and their power (and horses…).
Meanwhile, Gosling was happy to lose the kissing scenes: "I'm so glad all of that got cut out." Barbie and Ken might look like the picture-perfect couple, but in director Greta Gerwig's Barbie, they never even properly smooch.
But there is one supporting character in Barbie Land who might catch your eye. Midge, full name Margaret Hadley Sherwood, who was first introduced as Barbie's best friend in 1963, and is Barbie's on-screen neighbor.
Technically, Ken has no official age (he is a doll, after all) although he was first introduced as Barbie's boyfriend on March 11, 1961, which means he has been around for 62 years. (Barbie was created in 1959, which would make her 64.)
"your Ken can kiss my Barbie" is a witty play on words: Ken=knowledge but it is also Barbie's boyfriend: Ken. Penny is basically telling Sheldon to bring it, that she's not afraid of him.
In 1964, Mattel released Ken's best friend, Allan. Similarly to Barbie and Midge, Ken and Allan were also the same size and could wear each other's clothes. Mattel retired Allan in the mid-1960s, but seemingly revived him in the early 1990s as Midge's husband, “Alan.”
