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“Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” Show The Beauty and Tragedy of Choice

“Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” Show The Beauty and Tragedy of Choice

How Both Halves of "Barbenheimer" Flow From the Story of Our Creation and Fall

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Aaron Earls
Jul 31, 2023
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A place of no guilt or shame is suddenly infiltrated by the idea of death. Man and woman no longer lovingly work together. Paradise is ruined.

Poison fruit is offered, and forbidden knowledge is pursued. As a result, the world is irrevocably changed.

Yes, this is the story of Genesis, but it’s also a summation of Barbie and Oppenheimer. “Barbenheimer” may…

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