Barbie Movie:
Reading Texts of Culture
Reading Barbie as a sacred text of culture.
Reading texts of culture is critical. We can actually understand both where culture is and where culture is aspiring towards. Movies are texts of culture.
In this deep-dive sense-making series, Dr. Marc Gafni unveils the hidden secrets of the movie Barbie that haven't been discussed anywhere else.
We are engaging in the spiritual/political practice of reading a text of culture, which is the same spiritual practice as sensemaking.
This series of five episodes was recorded in the live weekly broadcast of One Mountain, Many Paths with Dr. Marc Gafni. You can find all episodes with accompanying Barbie movie clips below.
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Episode 357 "A Critique of Barbie” As a Text of Culture: The Failure of Eros Between Barbie and Ken As a Form of Existential Risk
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Episode 363: Reading Barbie as a Text of Culture: The Tragic Rejection of the Universe, a Love Story - Part 1 The Mocking of the Hero
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Episode 364 Reading Barbie as a Text of Culture: The Tragic Rejection of the Universe, a Love Story - Part 2 Reality Is Relationships
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Episode 373 Barbie got it Wrong: Love is Real
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Episode 375 Barbie: The Denial of the Amorous Cosmos: Final Thoughts
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Episode 357:
“A Critique of Barbie” As a Text of Culture: The Failure of Eros Between Barbie and Ken As a Form of Existential Risk
Three levels of relationship to our own feminine or masculine, to our own man or woman. Feminine and masculine, level one: he is in charge. Feminine and masculine, level two: the disappearance of polarity. The heroes are all women, that’s true, but there is no vision of feminine empowerment.
Watch Dr. Marc Gafni's introductory teaching on Barbie.
Read This episode edited transcript on Substack:
Episode 363:
Reading Barbie as a Text of Culture: Part 1 The Mocking of the Hero
Barbie is the most dangerous movie ever made. Barbie has one message: there is no love story.There is no hero. Barbie is not a her, she's being successful. Ken is not a hero. He doesn't do anything, he just beaches.
Watch Dr. Marc Gafni's next teaching about mocking the hero.
Read This episode edited transcript on Substack:
Episode 364:
The Tragic Rejection of the Universe: A Love Story — Part 2 Reality Is Relationships
Barbie is pure individuation, and Ken represents longing towards shared identity without individuation (fusion)
Episode 373: Barbie got it Wrong: Love is Real
The point of Barbie is that Love is not real; Barbie is postmodernity on steroids at the very center of culture.
Watch Dr. Marc Gafni's teaching about the #373 Barbie Movie as postmodernity at the center of culture
Episode 375:
Barbie: The Denial of the Amorous Cosmos: Final Thoughts
Final thoughts on the Barbie Movie
Watch Dr. Marc Gafni's final thoughts on the Barbie Movie
You can find the full relevant Barbie movie clips related to this episode right below this video.
Barbie Movie Clips in this Episode 375 :
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Gafni is a visionary thinker, social activist and passionate philosopher. He is known for his "source code teachings”, including Unique Self theory and the Five Selves, the Amorous Cosmos, A Politics of Evolutionary Love, A Return to Eros and Digital Intimacy.
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