Shonda Rhimes says Barbie film didn’t need to be feminist manifesto

Shonda Rhimes (Doug Peters/PA)

Shonda Rhimes has said people wanted the smash-hit Barbie film to be a feminist manifesto “that it doesn’t need to be”.

The prolific producer behind acclaimed TV dramas Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and Bridgerton bought the rights to an upcoming Netflix documentary about the story of the first black Barbie.