Synopsis:

A film about growing up. Let's also grow up in regards to feminism and treat men with a little more respect. It's a subtle thing and won't be necessary for many men, but for others who feel a bit set-upon, this should be a much more pleasant watch.

Intentions:

To reduce some of the condescending and manipulative elements. I enjoyed the film, but my brother didn't. I also spoke to some other men who are very good at analysing this sort of thing. I wanted to make the film more agreeable for more people, without taking away the core elements.

Change List:

I've removed the line of dialogue where the medical Barbie patronises Ken about 'how good he is' at beach. removed Barbie acting needlessly hostile to Ken in the car, she is instead merely frustrated at the turn of events. removed lady at the school mentioning anxiety to Barbie and yelling at Ken. removed the talk about Ken in the Mattel office, They treat him like a joke and Barbie is fairly 'on-mission' right now. after Barbie et al are driving towards Barbieland, cut the Mattel execs on the beachfront asking questions. removed the overt messaging where Ken says "everything is to service of men" after mojo dojo casa house is introduced, cut the mattel execs on rollerblades and the new ken toys, inserted them on the beachfront asking questions after Barbie collapses on the floor, cut the mattel execs cycling through 'holland'. inserted them rollerblading and the new ken toys in weird-barbie's house as Gloria consoles Barbie, and then rants a bit, added "what I was made for instrumental" removed "career woman", "men's bad behaviour", "stay pretty", "system is rigged", portions of rant. removed jaunty music from the barbie de-hypnotise sequence, replace with "we're taking over" after de-programming every Barbie, removed weird Barbie talking about the vote and also manipulation, inserted mattel execs cycling through 'holland' removed Gloria saying "he wants to control the government" During the sing around the campfire, removed the voice-over talking about the scheming against the Kens during the battle on the beach, removed Barbies spying on them and talking about the vote after 'I'm just Ken' dance number, removed the vote scene. As the president walks down the steps, removed her mention of the constitution after one of the ken's asks for a court judge position, removed president saying "i can't do that" in a dismissive fashion removed the Narrator talking about how some day Ken's will gain more equality removed the 'dad' being criticised for his use of Spanish at the end.

Additional Notes:

The audio for the beach campfire scene needed a lot of work to remove the voice-over. The music was degraded so had to be reconstructed from other audio channels in the 5.1 mix. This was necessary to push up the quality for the final draft. it's important to work on separate channels when doing this kind of thing. using AI to strip audio out of your audio without separating it, just doesn't give you the control or quality you need. (This is not reflected in the youtube clip by the way, that clip is proof-of-concept)

Other Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLnwg3JY2JE "we're taking over" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5dVe2PNXBw "what I was made for" instrumental

Special Thanks:

mnkykungfu, for valuable first draft feedback and ideas and the title.