Barbie, the very popular, acclaimed, Oscar nominated film may take us by surprise. Rather than the vapid content we might expect, there will come a message - perhaps several messages! Barbie is given a choice — symbolized by a pair of high heels vs. Birkenstocks — between staying in Barbieland or entering the human world. With Ken trailing behind, she embarks on a multi-legged journey to figure out what’s going on. She is quickly overwhelmed with the beauty and pain of the human world.

 Barbie quickly learns that being a woman in a fallen world is to face impossible contradictions and expectations, from without and within. Mostly, she learns that being a woman is exhausting.

 Barbie will be shown in the Fireside Room at Arlington Community Church on Friday, October 25 at 1:30. Of course, there will be popcorn and lemon water, and a short discussion of the film afterward.