When Disney makes Barbies of your movie’s characters and you just want to stare at them all day in disbelief because you loved Barbies as a girl but never had any like these. #WrinkleinTime pic.twitter.com/7PzQsiNoyG
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) January 25, 2018
In case you can't view the image embedded in the tweet, from left to right are pictured a Barbie doll of Mindy Kaling's character from the film (Kaling is Indian American); of Oprah Winfrey's character (Winfrey is Black); and of Reese Witherspoon's character (Witherspoon is white).
Regardless of one's feelings about Barbie, and there are valid criticisms of the franchise, seeing Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which, and Mrs. Whatsit as Barbies, for grown-up girls (and boys) who once loved Barbies and A Wrinkle in Time, is pretty damn terrific.
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