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Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie as Ken and Barbie in Greta Gerwig's "Barbie." (COURTESY OF WARNER BROS.)

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Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are Barbie and Ken in Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.” (COURTESY OF WARNER BROS.)

“I’ve been thinking a lot about the ‘Barbie’ movie” is a sentence I never thought I’d write. Then again, I never expected to see Barbie having an existential crisis in a pop art social satire.

“Barbie” is a bona fide cultural phenomenon that spawned dozens of memes before it was even released, and, in less than two weeks of release, has already made more than $800 million worldwide. For context, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” made $845 million worldwide in its total theatrical run.

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From left: Margot Robbie, Alexandra Shipp, Michael Cera, director/writer Greta Gerwig (foreground), America Ferrera and Ariana Greenblatt on the set of "Barbie." (JAAP BUITENDJIK/WARNER BROS.)

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From left: Director/co-writer Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling on the set of "Barbie." (DALE ROBINETTE/WARNER BROS.)

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From left: Emma Mackey, Simu Liu, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in "Barbie" (COURTESY OF WARNER BROS.)

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