Sarah Harte: My ‘Barbenheimer’ binge makes it clear that it’s still a man’s world

A 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' double-bill presents two pictures of the damage that patriarchal ideology had done to society

Sarah Harte did a ‘Barbenheimer’ and watched ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ back to back. Picture: Warner Bros/Universal/AP

Last weekend, sheep-like, I succumbed and did a ‘Barbenheimer’ and watched two seriously hyped movies back-to-back — Barbie first, rounding off with Oppenheimer.

Although Barbie is cleverly being sold as a feminist fable it seemed an odd choice for cool-kid filmmaker Greta Gerwig who has made the feminist films Ladybird and Little Women. It was a brave move (the word “ballsy” feels like it doesn’t belong in this context) with the potential for a giant flop, you might have thought.