Barbie
Summary
Barbiewas the unfortunate recipient of two nominating address snub at the 2024 Oscars , with the Academy both trying and failing to make up for its mistake during the ceremony . Despite Barbie not look at home any of the five most prestigious award , theOscars 2024 winners listconsists of many gifted gens , from player and actress to directors , composer , and the other countless behind - the - scenes crew members who are creditworthy for crafting feature film . Regardless , Barbie ’s presence at the 2024 Academy Award ceremony was feel for a figure of ground , as the moving picture rest one of the most celebrated of 2023 .
The $ 1 billion Blockbuster Barbie , directed by Greta Gerwig and asterisk Margot Robbie , retain an unfortunate trend that see back 20 years .
FromRyan Gosling ’s " I ’m Just Ken " Oscars performanceto the various book of facts to the so - called " Barbenheimer " phenomenon , Barbiewas naturally one of the more - cite 2023 movies at the ceremony . That said , the photographic film did not completely avoid controversy regarding its comportment at the Academy Awards . component including the nomination , and thus the possible winnings , for Ryan Gosling ’s performance as Ken to the snubs many thought the film received , the Academy examine to brush its misapprehension under the rug during the ceremony .
2024 Academy Award Nominations For Barbie
Potential Recipient(s )
Oscar Winner
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Best Picture
David Heyman , Margot Robbie , Tom Ackerley , and Robbie Brenner
Oppenheimer – Emma Thomas , Charles Roven , and Christopher Nolan
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Best Supporting role player
Ryan Gosling as Ken
Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss ( Oppenheimer )
intimately stand Actress
America Ferrera as Gloria
Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb ( The Holdovers )
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Best adapt Screenplay
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach
Cord Jefferson ( American Fiction )
Best Costume Design
Jacqueline Durran
Holly Waddington ( Poor Things )
Best Original Song ( Two Nominations )
Billie Eilish / Finneas O’Connell - " What Was I Made For ? " Mark Ronson / Andrew Wyatt - " I ’m Just Ken "
Billie Eilish / Finneas O’Connell - " What Was I Made For ? " ( Barbie )
Best Production Design
Sarah Greenwood ( Production Design ) and Katie Spencer ( Set Decoration )
James Price and Shona Heath ( Production Design ) and Zsuzsa Mihalek ( Set Decoration ) ( Poor Things )
Ryan Gosling Not Winning Best Supporting Actor Avoided Major Backlash
Robert Downey Jr.’s Academy Award saved the Oscars from causing more Barbie-related divisiveness.
Regarding Gosling being put up for Best Supporting Actor as Ken , this conclusion received some backlash . Given that the primary themes and message ofBarbie ’s story surrounded feminist drive , many thought that Gosling being potentially award for his purpose overleap the dot of the film . This was only bolstered by the fact that Margot Robbie did not receive a nominating address for Best Actress , fuel the flaming ofBarbie ’s rebound . DespiteBarbieincluding message regarding topics like incontrovertible masculinity through Gosling ’s public presentation , this backlash was still predominant .
In [ Robert Downey Jr. ] winning the award , the backlash towards Gosling ’s nominating speech was certainly lessened .
However , the Academy avoided an explosion of further backlash by not awarding Gosling the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor . or else , the award was truly grant to Robert Downey Jr. for his performance as Lewis Strauss inOppenheimer . Downey Jr. was always the dearie to win the award , fromOppenheimer ’s Oscar sweep in several family to the overall standout public presentation he give in the moving-picture show . In winning the honor , the backlash towards Gosling ’s nominating speech was for sure lessened . That read , this did not necessarily help the Academy in forfend the arguing it do for two other nomination snubs .
Barbie’s Best Original Song Win Tried To Make Up For Its Nomination Failure
Eilish’s song rightfully won the award, though it also seemed to appease those angry at Robbie and Gerwig’s snubs.
Despite Gosling not winning Best Supporting Actor , the Academy seemingly further tried to rectify its nomination failure . As mentioned , many feel that Margot Robbie should have been nominated for Best Actress as the nominal Barbie , even if the likes of Lily Gladstone and Emma Stone were favorites to win forKillers of the Flower MoonandPoor Thingsrespectively . Moreover , another nominating address failure was the deficiency of a nod for Greta Gerwig as the director ofBarbie , another decision that caused a sense of outrage .
In Light Within of this further backlash , the Academy likely hoped thatBillie Eilish ’s Best Original Song Oscar forBarbiewould rectify its unsuccessful person to nominate Robbie and/or Gerwig . Eilish ’s " What Was I Made For ? " won the award over several other nominations , including its peer , the aforementioned " I ’m Just Ken . “Many would agree that the latter vocal has had a greater shock on pop culture , as plain by its performance at the Oscars 2024 ceremony . As such , the winnings for Eilish ’s song seemed like the Academy ’s means of apologizing to those who rightfully name the Academy Award out for rebuff Gerwig and Robbie .
Regardless of pop culture image , Eilish ’s " What Was I Made For ? " has a much magnanimous thematic and emotional wallop on the narrative of Barbie , explicate its Oscar winnings .
The Oscars Failed To Make Amends For Its Massive Barbie Snubs
Gerwig and Robbie should have been nominated regardless of the Academy’s other awards.
Regardless of the win for Billie Eilish ’s " What Was I Made For?",it remains the case that the Academy failed to make up for itsBarbie - related snubs . While the likes of Christopher Nolan and Emma Stone were truly awarded the Oscars for Best Director and Best Actress severally , Gerwig and Robbie should have at least been recognized for their efforts . Robbie ’s performance inBarbiewas incredibly worked up , complex , and unplumbed in a way that allowed the movie to exceed its mostly comedic tone and sweep through the themes of Gerwig and Noah Baumbach ’s script .
Stemming from this , Gerwig ’s composition and , most importantly , assured way mean thatBarbiecould well tread the argumentation between its comedic and serious look . Without either of the crusade from Gerwig and Robbie , it is good to sayBarbiewould not have become the cultural phenomenon it was , much less one of the better movies of 2023 . Ultimately , the small steps made by the Academy to rectify its mistakes in snubbing Gerwig and Robbie forBarbiewere simply too footling , too later .
