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Rob Thomas Is Very Relieved ‘Push’ by Matchbox Twenty Isn’t Played for Laughs in ‘Barbie’

[Editor’s note: The following article contains spoilers for “Barbie.”] Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas is convinced that his 1997 hit “Push” is not the butt of the joke in “Barbie” and that it’s actually a loving homage. The song, which was criticized upon its release for lyrics that allegedly glorified domestic violence, is used at a key moment when the Kens of Barbie Land think they’ve finally won the attention of all the Barbies, amid the Kens’ pastel putsch of the realm to install their version of patriarchy.

 

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