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Women Are Commenting On A TikTok About How Some Men Reacted To The Monologue Scene In "Barbie," And Spoiler Alert: It Wasn't Good

These are all giving some awful Patriarchy Ken kenergy.

As you probably already know, Barbie was not only once again the No. 1 movie in the US this past weekend, but it has also broken all sorts of records.

Screenshot from "Barbie"

Of course, not only is it a wonderfully funny and overall great movie, but it also carries a powerful message about female empowerment and how difficult it can be to navigate the world as a woman.

Screenshot from "Barbie"

And perhaps no scene captures that more perfectly than when America Ferrera's character, Gloria, gives her monologue about womanhood.

They’re gonna teach America Ferrera’s #Barbie monologue in schools like that was for the history books https://t.co/cgurSJN4Zp

— Zoë Rose Bryant (@ZoeRoseBryant) July 20, 2023
Warner Bros. / Via Twitter: @ZoeRoseBryant

Well, TikToker @franny.pac is going viral on TikTok because she had the monologue scene ruined for her...by a man.

@franny.pac / Via tiktok.com

As @franny.pac points out, the irony is not lost on her that a man yelled "You're all doing amazing" to a theater full of women who were silently taking in the scene, thus making it about him (even if he did so to be supportive).

A tub of popcorn in an empty movie theater

Sadly, this wasn't a unique experience, and the comments were filled with women sharing how the monologue was ruined by men in the theaters, too.

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Like these women who had men saying/yelling things during the scene:

"There was a guy next to me while watching the movie and he laughed and said 'little dramatic much' when I was crying about Barbie 1/2"
"no bcuz this one guy sitting next to me literally yelled 'i hate women'"
"old guy in my theater yelled this is so stupid during her speech"
"The guy next to me told his gf 'too political' and she snickered"

Others had men laughing during the scene:

"i was shocked i heard multiple guys laughing at this scene in my cinema"
"Dude behind me kept laughing I was like literally what's funny"
"Me and my friends were all dead silent then this one boy who came with us began laughing during the monologue"
"the monologue ended, i was crying. I hear a man chuckle two rows behind me. very representative."

While other women said that men were pulling out their phones:

"The guy next to me kept checking his phone for the time"
"this was the point when the guy next to me decided to start scrolling through instagram i almost lost it at him"
"A man was on his phone during that speech in my theatre and I thought wow..."
"OMG AND three men in the row ahead of me were playing solitaire and checking their emails during her monologue and most of the serious scenes"

Some women had to deal with immature teenage boys:

"during mine the front row was filled with high school boys who would laugh, yell, and even went 'womp womp' during one of americas pauses in the scen"
"a teenage boy kept talking during the quiet parts and the whole monologue he kept saying 'Its not that deep'"

While other women had to deal with men making noises during the monologue:

"in mine a guy went 'AWWWW' very sarcastically when she finished and you could physically feel in t he air that he'd ruined it for everyone."
"a guy yawned in the middle of her speech at mine"
"a guy burped loudly in the middle of that scene in my theatre"
"there was a guy who audibly sighed behind me during her monologue"
"in mine some guy made fart noises through the whole monologue"

And one woman had her now ex-boyfriend be the one to ruin the scene:

"My boyfriend was on instagram during the monologue and i asked why and he said 'bored'. We talked about it, hes now my ex"

Okay, how did the monologue scene play out during your screening? Did women applaud? Did a man interrupt? Or was everyone just stunned and quiet? Let us know in the comments below!!!

Screenshot from "Barbie"