#Barbenheimer: Why is there a rivalry between the ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ movies?

The movie of Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling; and the tape Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt and Robert Downey Jr; they are causing a furor among the fans of the seventh art.

Internet users created a supposed rivalry due to the expectation of both films; And as if that were not enough, both productions will be released in several Latin American countries on July 21.

Users of social networks are aware of the crossover of the movies Barbie and oppenheimerto the extent that they have suggested that the tapes belong to the same universe, which is why they have created different images by mixing scenes from the tapes.

That is why the phenomenon “#Barbenheimer” arose, which, by the way, is a word that mixes both film titles.

In some of the snapshots, you can see the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer –played by Murphy– with the logo of the world’s best-selling doll and even with some of his iconic phrases, such as “Be what you want to be.”

Oppenheimer is considered “the father of the atomic bomb”; but in this wave of mockery, he is “the father of the pink atomic bomb.”

The argument of the most recent production of Barbie places the perfect-looking doll at an ironic crossroads. After being expelled from “Barbieland”, and not complying with the hegemonic beauty of the other girls in the fantasy world, she leaves for the “human world” to find her true happiness with a rather peculiar boy named Ken.

The comparisons on the Internet between the two films have also given rise to unofficial products, which are offered with the legend “Barbenheimer” on different websites. marketplace.

In the most widely distributed images on the net, half of the face of Barbie and in the other half, that of Oppenheimer. The pink doll’s hat matches Robert’s hat perfectly. The trend has become so popular that Margot Robbie even signed a T-shirt with the image at an event with fans.