I didn’t expect to cry during Barbie, let alone to weep for Ken, the lonely man-child who’s barely more significant than the ampersand that sits between him and his lover’s name.. While Regardless, single millennials are pursuing a connection similar to what the famous fictional couple has built, according to eharmony research. "There is a reason that Barbie and Ken are an iconic duo," says Laurel House, a dating expert for the company. "It’s a fun, luxurious relationship that has become idealized. For decades, Ken and Barbie have been pictured as a perfect couple, so Barbie's rejection may surprise moviegoers. However, the reason Barbie and Ken remain in the friend zone is subtly included After an escape from Barbie Land to the "real world", and subsequent return, followed by a Battle of the Sexes style showdown between the Kens (led by Ryan Gosling's Ken) and the Barbies, the film is nearing to a harmonious resolution when Ruth Handler – the late real-life creator of Barbie, played by Rhea Perlman – emerges to give Stereotypical Barbie a choice: to stay as a Barbie, or Behind-the-scenes photos show how the 'Barbie' travel montages came together without the use of CGI. Greta Gerwig, the director of "Barbie," relied on practical effects for transportation scenes between Barbie Land and the Real World. Greta Gerwig, the director of "Barbie," spoke about practical effects in a behind-the-scenes video. Just as Barbie was given big boobs but no nipples, Ken was given a smooth “bulge,” as Mattel referred to it at the time. Together, their peculiar partial anatomy hints at a world of grown-up Barbie fans were treated to an extended look at the making of 'I'm Just Ken,' Ryan Gosling's song in the hit movie which proved to be one of this summer's bangers.. Ken's self-aware anthem about When Ken (Ryan Gosling) hurts himself, Doctor Barbie heals him in the space of a single sentence. If Barbie and Ken were to kiss, one assumes they would do so by mashing their faces together at a hZP6N.