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As summer comes to an end, let's take a look back at two of the most popular movies to debut in quite a while: "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer."
Both films, directed by Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan, respectively, earned a decent amount of loot. Both films were praised for reviving the movie-going experience — however long it'll last.
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The fact that Russia didn't appreciate them is a clue as to how important they were to national discourse.
Russia’s Deputy Culture Minister, Andrei Malyshev, blasted both films, saying they "do not meet the aims and objectives set out by the head of state, to preserve and strengthen traditional Russian spiritual and moral values.”
Maybe the Kremlin would have celebrated Barbie's big-screen debut if she was jailed for "hooliganism." Or perhaps the J. Robert Oppenheimer biopic would have ...