Though Barbie should be taken lightly, there’s one showstopping scene which deserves a deep dive
. Yes, it talks gender politics, and the whole thing is in danger of falling apart when you prod it too hard, but it’s still enormous fun.which does deserve some further analysis. That staggering musical number, in which Ryan Gosling’s Ken bemoans his beta status and has a “beach-off” with Simu Liu’s Ken, is an infinitely dense point of Kendom. This is when Ken, previously a little moronic, finally gets you to take him seriously. And then, we see the long-awaited beach-off.
It’s big, explosive. To add some Big Dude Sounds to ‘“I’m Just Ken”, drummer John Freese, Eddie Van Halen’s son Wolfgang and – amazingly – actual Slash from Guns N’ Roses shred away during the big fight sequence on the beach. Gosling really sings, and really hit the big notes when he came to London to record with Ronson. “He really got [that] it had to walk this line of not being funny or parody,” the writer-producer said.
“I'm just Ken – and I’m enough, and I’m great at doing stuff,” Ken sings. “So, hey, check me out, yeah, I’m just Ken.” He has spent the whole film asking Barbie to check him out as he attempts to beach or to impress her in some other way. Now he’s ready to say it to the world. So hey, check him out: he’s just Ken.
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