When the knives come out for Barbie, Mark Ronson is up for a fight.
The Oscar, Grammy and Brit Award-winning record producer and artist oversaw Barbie: The Album, which, like the feature film it’s paired with, is a global smash hit.
So when the acerbic comedian and TV host Bill Maher gave the film a verbal kicking, describing it as “preachy, man-hating and a #ZombieLie,” Ronson wasn’t having any of it.
“We come to this place for magic,” Ronson begins a tweet, aping the opener in Nicole Kidman’s memorable commercial. “We come to AMC theaters to laugh, to cry, to care… and to furiously…
