Don't Listen to the Hate: Why Amy Schumer Is the Perfect Choice to Play 'Barbie'
Amy Schumer: comedy superstar, bestselling author, outspoken feminist, gun control crusader, and now… Barbie? That’s the news from Hollywood, anyway, where Schumer is in talks to portray the iconic symbol of American womanhood (and invented by a Jew!) in a new live-action project from Sony.
Naturally, it didn’t take long of for those gangs of troglodytes who inhabit certain social media caves, where they spend their time slamming women, minorities, and rationalizing the infiltration of a foreign power into our democratic process—I have no quantitative basis for this particular Venn diagram, just my gut and my powers of perception—to let it be known they do not see a woman of Amy’s physical attributes to be the correct choice for the role. And guess what? They’re absolutely right!