The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for September 18, 2023

Marketed to women. Really worked well. The number of single men who chose to go to the thing alone has to be minuscule.

Misandrist hit piece marked as nostalgia

Oy, Gladys!

I can’t put my finger on it, but she seems to be missing something.

It’s an improvement.

I’d rather see Oppenheimer.

That dress looks like a small restaurant tablecloth.

My eyes! My eyes! I’ll never un-see her like that!

I’ve seen it twice (admittedly with my wife). It is subversive and funny.

It’s an improvement. Gladys is usually about 6 beers from looking hot, I would say about 3 beers from looking hot this morning. If I were Brutus, I would swing by the bar on the way home from the movie theater.

Shaddup Ken and let’s get going.

Why does she look like Rachel Levine instead of Barbie? Save the outfit. Halloween is only about 6 weeks away. She needs a big pink purse too. There’s no way those 2 can afford 2 tickets and a trip to the snack bar.

It seems that Brutus is ready for Oppenheimer…

With Gladys dressed up like that, Brutus may be wondering if he’s supposed to dress up like Ken.

One Gladys = two Barbies! And Brutus forget about you being Ken.

It’s enough to make you up chuck your popcorn.

We’re all little girls and little boys at heart .

I guess Sansom ran out of hot pink crayons.

Suddenly I feel very sick. Gonna throw up. Gladys, You may have to go with your mother.

I can’t Un-See that!

Glarbie?

another reason I don’t go to the movies

Holy drap, the woman actually has legs!

Ok Brutus why aren’t you dressed as Ken ?

Colorist, Barbie pink is Pantone 219C

I’m trying to think of something positive to say, but it ain’t happening.

I take it that Gladys has it shown this side of her to Brutus before today. I just had a mental image of Mama Gargoyle dressed in a matching outfit. < shudder>

I haven’t seen Barbie. I feel left out, but I don’t plan to see it anyway.

Careful of what you say Brutus. If you say the wrong thing she may not dress you up like Ken, but make you an anatomically correct Ken doll. ;)

WOW! I am sure that is the word in Brutus’s mind right now…..

I think that is some kind of transformer costume. :)

When I heard about the Barbie movie, I just assumed it was standard-issue kiddie fare, so I had no interest in it. Then I began reading what the right wing was saying about it, which of course piqued my curiosity. So I read some reviews, although I couldn’t understand half of what was in them. (Understanding the analytical deep dives of movie and book reviewers into themes and meanings and symbolism has never been my strong point, and it occurs to me that Brutus Thornapple, simple soul that he is, likely has the same problem. Something we have in common.) But I was interested enough to see it, and I loved it. Funny, clever, original and satirical — and of course, as with the best satire, it contained more than a few grains of truth.

I didn’t know you were married to a Barbie doll.