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Greta Gerwig is weighing in on Jo Koy 'Barbie' joke at the Golden Globes which many called sexist. While appearing on BBC Radio 4 Today, the writer-director addressed the quip he delivered during his first Globes hosting gig. The joke has been criticized by some for being reductive or sexist, and some Globes viewers noticed that audience wasn't necessarily laughing either. But Gerwig offered a different take on Koy's joke.

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00:00And Barbie is on a plastic doll with big boobies.

00:05Greta Gerwig is weighing in on Joe Coy's Barbie joke at the Golden Globes,

00:09which many called sexist. While appearing on BBC Radio 4 Today, the writer and director

00:14addressed the quip Coy delivered during his first Globes hosting gig. The joke has been

00:18criticized by some for being reductive or sexist, and some Globes viewers noticed that the audience

00:24wasn't necessarily laughing either. But Gerwig offered a different take on Coy's joke.

00:28Well, he's not wrong. She's the first doll that was mass-produced with breasts,

00:32so he was right on. And you know, I think that so much of the project of the movie was unlikely

00:37because it is about a plastic doll. Gerwig went on to add that Barbie, a toy her own mother,

00:42was hesitant about her playing with when she was young, by her very construction has no character,

00:47no story. She's there to be projected upon. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker added that throughout

00:51Barbie's history, which began in 1959, she has been at points ahead of and behind the culture.

00:57She's been a villain, and she's been a hero, but it felt like, in a way, even though it's so

01:02seemingly superficial, that it was such a rich place to start. Gerwig is among a growing number

01:07of voices who have weighed in on Coy's controversial jokes.

01:10On the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift. I swear, there's just more to go to

01:17here. On Tuesday, both Steve Martin and Whoopi Goldberg, as two actor-comedians themselves,

01:22acknowledged the difficulty of the job.

01:24I don't know whether it was the room. I don't know whether it was the jokes. I didn't get to

01:28see it, but I do know that he is as good as it gets. Martin wrote, congratulations to Joe Coy,

01:35who took on the toughest gig in show business, hit, missed, was light on his feet, and now has 20

01:40minutes of new material for his stand-up. For more on this story, head to THR.com. And for the latest

01:46entertainment news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.

01:54Thank you for listening.

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