Is Barbie gay the new movie and why is rated PG-13? The 2023 film starrg Margot Robbie has already generated a lot of discsn.
Contents:
- THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’
- IS BARBIE GAY AND WHY IS THE NEW MOVIE RATED PG-13?
THE GAYT MOVI THAT AREN’T ACTUALLY GAY, OM ‘BARBIE’ AND ‘BURLQUE’ TO ‘VENOM’ AND ‘ROAD HOE’
* gay history film *
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IS BARBIE GAY AND WHY IS THE NEW MOVIE RATED PG-13?
Did not drop leaflets warng of the atomic bomb specifilly, though pilots may have dropped more general notic of impendg attacks on Hiroshima, and the Enola Gay did not e unr antiaircraft fire. If “Barbie” tells anythg, ’s that a movie don’t have to be gay to be, well, gay. So what mak a movie gay if isn’t explicly?
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