Greta Gerwig has been accused of selling out for co-writing and directing the $140-million-budgeted Barbie, but do these criticisms have any merit?
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Barbie is co-written and directed by acclaimed indie filmmaker Greta Gerwig, and she has drawn controversy with the criticism that she sold out by making the highly commercial Warner Bros. movie. Gerwig broke out as a filmmaker in 2017 with her solo directorial debut, Lady Bird, which had a low budget of $10 million but went on to be nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Why Greta Gerwig Has Been Accused Of Selling Out By Making Barbie For a filmmaker, selling out is making a product for the paycheck instead of creating something that they're passionate about artistically. Greta Gerwig was clearly passionate about Barbie when working on the screenplay and then directing the movie, but it's still easy to accuse Gerwig of selling out based on how the project looks on paper.
What Greta Gerwig Has Said About Barbie Sellout Accusations When asked by Fortune if she had read the Guardian article, Gerwig responded, "I haven’t read it. I’m sure they make good points, probably. There’s always some tension, obviously, between art that exists in the world to be seen and consumed." The filmmaker essentially suggested that her previous movies shouldn't be seen as something more than what Barbie is. Gerwig added, "I really am not Emily Dickinson.
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