Warner Bros. Japan called on its US counterpart to “take appropriate action” on what they described as “highly regrettable” posts from official Barbie social media accounts.
when both films were released on July 21, people in Japan have called the mashup marketing push for the feminist comedy and atomic bomb origin story disrespectful, given the country’s history with nuclear weapons.against “Barbenheimer” in a statement on Twitter, where they accused their US counterpart of making light of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s work on the atomic bombs, which would destroy the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.In its statement, Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. apologised for the posts in a statement on Tuesday, telling the Times it “regrets its recent insensitive social media engagement” and offered “a sincere apology.”
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