latest episode of his podcast, “ImPaulsive,” Paul, 28, revealed that he walked out of the buzzy summer flick. “I didn’t know what they were trying [to do]. ‘What are you doing?’ Everyone’s just talking.
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Barbie and Oppenheimer, with some sharing 9/11 memes in response.On Twitter/X, Warner Bros. previously responded to a mockup image of Cillian Murphy’s Oppenheimer carrying Margot Robbie’s Barbie on his shoulders while surrounded by the flames of an atomic explosion.In response to the image, Warner Bros.
tweeted: “It’s going to be a summer to remember.”The studio was playing into the viral Barbenheimer trend, which saw millions of cinemagoers around the world see both movies in a double bill after social media drew attention to their joint release date (July 21).In response, Japanese people have hit out at Warner Bros. for trivialising the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, which claimed the lives of approximately 110,000 people.To illustrate their point, some social media users in Japan mocked up their own images, combining Barbie with the 9/11 World Trade Center terrorist attack, while also placing Robbie’s titular character on the shoulders of Osama bin Laden.In an attempt to get Americans to see why Japan finds Barbenheimer offensive, Japanese twitter has taken to making 9/11 jokes – completely misunderstanding that Americans love 9/11 jokes.
pic.twitter.com/6F5FOf5aTR— Nick | アラタ・ニコラス (@NickFromTokyo) August 1, 2023 “In an attempt to get Americans to see why Japan finds Barbenheimer offensive, Japanese Twitter has taken to making 9/11 jokes – completely misunderstanding that Americans love 9/11 jokes,” tweeted one user.The Japan branch of Warner Bros. also criticised the US account’s engagement with the Barbeheimer trend, tweeting: “Because the movies Barbie and Oppenheimer were both released in the US on 21 July, there is currently a movement driven by overseas fans to watch them together
.latest episode of his podcast, “ImPaulsive,” Paul, 28, revealed that he walked out of the buzzy summer flick. “I didn’t know what they were trying [to do]. ‘What are you doing?’ Everyone’s just talking.
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call a halt to the “Barbenheimer” hashtag that has helped make the film a global blockbusters.“Barbie”, which stars Margot Robbie in the title role, has grossed more than $800 million in worldwide box office, while the film about nuclear scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer that opened around the same time last month has taken in more than $400 million.Warner Bros initially latched on to fan-produced memes that depicted Robbie’s Barbie with actor Cillian Murphy’s Oppenheimer alongside images of nuclear blasts.But fans were not amused in Japan, which in coming days will mark the memorials of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 78 years ago.“If one were to create an illustration or derivative art of Barbenheimer, it should not be of Barbie delighting in a mushroom cloud,” said Koji Maruyama on the Change.org website.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director One of the most shocking lines in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” was not scripted by the director himself. It arrives during a scene where Cillian Murphy’s Oppenheimer is meeting with U.S. Secretary of War Henry Stimson and other government officials about where to drop the atomic bombs in Japan.
firing back at insensitive “Barbenheimer” fans in the United States. The international feud began after the official X (formerly Twitter) account for the “Barbie” film commented that “it’s going to be a summer to remember” beneath a movie poster collage that mashed up the toy-inspired flick with “Oppenheimer,” a film about the making of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, eventually killing nearly 200,000 Japanese.The poster uploaded last month by the account DiscussingFilms on X depicts J.
Warner Bros. Film Group is apologizing for their support of some insensitive “Barbenheimer” content.
The U.S. branch of Warner Bros. issued an apology after being called out by the Japan division for engaging with “insensitive” Barbenheimer tweets.
reports the South China Morning Post.The fan-made poster, which was originally uploaded last month by the account DiscussingFilms on X (formerly Twitter), showed Cillian Murphy’s J. Robert Oppenheimer holding Margot Robbie’s Barbie in front of a mushroom cloud. Japanese users were further aggravated when the official US account for the Barbie film commented on the post, writing that “it’s gonna be a summer to remember.” Since the comment controversy, the hashtag “#NoBarbenheimer” has been trending on social media.
No one asked for “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” to share this ridiculous connection they have forged, as the two films were released on the same day. We’ve seen plenty of major films get the same release dates.
Warner Bros. U.S. has deleted “Barbenheimer” tweets after being criticized by Warner Bros. Japan.
Barbenheimer memes that feature atom bomb images.The apology follows Warner Bros. Japan calling its US counterpart’s behaviour “extremely regrettable”, and also said sorry to fans on its behalf.The Barbenheimer craze, which has resulted in millions around the world watching the two blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer back-to-back in an ironic double bill dubbed “Barbenheimer”, has drawn criticism in Japan for making light of the mass destruction caused by the atomic Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.The Barbie US Twitter account (@barbiethemovie) responded to one Barbenheimer fan art poster that depicts Margot Robbie’s Barbie sitting on the shoulders of Cillian Murphy’s J.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Warner Bros. Japan released a statement on the country’s official “Barbie” Twitter account criticizing the studio’s U.S. branch for feeding into the “Barbenheimer” craze on social media.
Warner Bros. Japan has issued a statement in which it criticizes what it describes as “extremely regrettable” Barbenheimer tweets shared from the official Barbie Twitter account in the U.S.
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Cillian Murphy has explained how director Christopher Nolan helped him “unlock” J. Robert Oppenheimer in preparation for the role.The actor, who plays the theoretical physicist in Nolan’s biopic Oppenheimer, referred to an “amazing phrase” the director used to describe the complex historical figure.Speaking in an interview with NME, Murphy said: “Chris used this amazing phrase.