Wow, I think I remember that day. Brings back some “war memories” about that place myself. But your recounting of that story is so telling about our obsession with our pop culture totems. The proof is in the fact that on “Barbenheimer Day,” Barbie has been elevated to the same cultural iconic status as Oppenheimer and his “deadly toy.” And what does it say about our culture that two unrelated films about these respective icons have been fused together in an amalgamated meme.
Wow, I think I remember that day. Brings back some “war memories” about that place myself. But your recounting of that story is so telling about our obsession with our pop culture totems. The proof is in the fact that on “Barbenheimer Day,” Barbie has been elevated to the same cultural iconic status as Oppenheimer and his “deadly toy.” And what does it say about our culture that two unrelated films about these respective icons have been fused together in an amalgamated meme.