Joe Rogan ‘appalled’ at political outrage over ‘Barbie:’ ‘It’s a f—— doll movie!’

Podcaster Joe Rogan marveled Tuesday on the political outrage that resulted from the new “Barbie” film that he described merely as a “enjoyable film” about “dolls who come to life.” 

“Lots of people are upset in regards to the Barbie film, and I left perplexed,” Rogan stated to his visitor, Publish Malone, describing it as merely a “enjoyable, foolish film about dolls who come to life.”

“However quite a lot of it’s in regards to the patriarchy, and it’s a comedy, it’s a comedy about dolls,” he stated. “Individuals are upset that it’s this progressive metaphor for all times that they’re pushing progressive politics on this, and I’m like, ‘It’s a f—— doll film!’ It’s a doll film. It’s a enjoyable film about dolls who come to life and attempt to work together with the actual world,” he argued.

“Nobody’s ever finished a film like this earlier than. This isn’t like anything you possibly can say. It was a weird film, nevertheless it was a enjoyable, foolish film, I laughed,” he stated. “However on the finish of it I used to be like, ‘How did individuals get outraged at that?’ I do know some individuals personally who stated it’s anti-men. I’m like, ‘No, it’s making enjoyable of dorks.’”

Rogan balked on the thought of some individuals getting offended on behalf of some male characters within the movie and noticed them as representing males as a bunch, “Are we going to do that factor the place we put all males as males, it’s one class, we’re not going to evaluate individuals as people?”

He argued additional that the dichotomy between Barbies and their Ken counterparts is just a mirrored image of how individuals purchased the toys in actuality.

“They assume it’s an excellent woke film,” he stated. “Nevertheless it’s additionally a film about how Barbies are the dolls that everybody cares about, and Ken is only a f—— accent, which is actual. So if you carry this stuff right into a film, you make them actual life Barbieland, that’s how they should be, as a result of that’s how it’s in the actual world.”

He then famous that within the movie, some characters journey out of Barbieland and into the “actual world” which “sucks and it’s run by males,” including, “so that is what individuals are saying makes this an anti-man film.”

He added that he was “appalled” at how “outraged” some individuals are in regards to the movie, however prompt they weren’t the target market within the first place.

“Why would you go see AC/DC in case you hate AC/DC? When you’re into classical music?” Rogan requested jokingly.