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k”.</li><li>The “pink stuff” appears to be coating everything.</li><li>The “pink stuff” works by glossing over some larger issues to create a smooth finish.</li><li>A main character learns to make peace with the full complexities of the human body.</li><li>The audience decides they would like to have some more “pink stuff” on hand.</li></ol><p id="9f8e"><b>Greta Gerwig’s <i>Barbie</i> Movie: 7, 9</b></p><p id="a3ce"><b>A Pepto Bismol Commercial: 6, 10</b></p><p id="c241"><b>Both: 1–5, 8, 11–14</b></p><p id="d798"><a href="https://medium.com/@a.n.greenlee"><b><i>Amy Greenlee</i></b></a><b><i> </i></b><i>occasionally writes to the sound of her kids screaming. She has written for <a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/your-baby-is-most-certainly-the-size-of-some-kind-of-fruit">McSweeney’s</a>, <a href="https://medium.com/jane-austens-wastebasket/which-emily-bront%C3%AB-estate-do-you-belong-in-wuthering-heights-or-thrushcross-grange-4cc35cd07de8">Jane Austen’s Wastebasket</a>, <a href="https://readmed

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ium.com/my-child-reviews-dinner-a1b3fcf9c623">Frazzled</a>, and <a href="https://weeklyhumorist.com/valentines-day-messages-as-dictated-by-my-kindergartner-prior-to-my-suggested-edits/">The Weekly Humorist</a>. You can find her on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/greenleeish">@greenleeish</a>.</i></p><p id="7c5e"><b><i>Read more from Amy on The Belladonna:</i></b></p><div id="cf7e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://thebelladonnacomedy.com/what-is-my-small-child-asking-for-a-guide-bc1543a9a833"> <div> <div> <h2>What Is My Small Child Asking For?–A Guide</h2> <div><h3>It’s probably not what it sounds like.</h3></div> <div><p>thebelladonnacomedy.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*8-KI1drUQRksFVSpdYuBcg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Is It Greta Gerwig’s Barbie Movie Or A Pepto Bismol Commercial?

The “pink stuff” appears to be coating everything.

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  1. A main character is embarrassed by a surprising new bodily function.
  2. Several people look like they might throw up.
  3. There’s quite a bit of singing and choreographed dancing.
  4. Several male characters are willing to open up about a sensitive subject.
  5. There is a crucial scene featuring construction workers.
  6. The construction workers are dressed head to toe in pink.
  7. Someone insists on speaking with a doctor.
  8. Someone offers the main character a hard-to-swallow remedy for their condition.
  9. Death is disclosed as a possible side effect of the remedy.
  10. A narrator excitedly declares that “pink does more than you think”.
  11. The “pink stuff” appears to be coating everything.
  12. The “pink stuff” works by glossing over some larger issues to create a smooth finish.
  13. A main character learns to make peace with the full complexities of the human body.
  14. The audience decides they would like to have some more “pink stuff” on hand.

Greta Gerwig’s Barbie Movie: 7, 9

A Pepto Bismol Commercial: 6, 10

Both: 1–5, 8, 11–14

Amy Greenlee occasionally writes to the sound of her kids screaming. She has written for McSweeney’s, Jane Austen’s Wastebasket, Frazzled, and The Weekly Humorist. You can find her on Twitter @greenleeish.

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