After criticism including doll burning, the director said her film is ‘an invitation for everybody to be part of the party’

Barbie director Greta Gerwig has responded to the onslaught of criticism from rightwingers in the US by saying it’s “an invitation for everybody to be part of the party”.

In an interview with the New York Times, Gerwig was asked if she had anticipated “the degree to which rightwing pundits are bashing the movie as being ‘woke’ and burning their Barbies”. Gerwig, who co-wrote the movie as well as directing it said: “Certainly, there’s a lot of passion. My hope for the movie is that it’s an invitation for everybody to be part of the party and let go of the things that aren’t necessarily serving us as either women or men.”

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