Warner Bros. responds to “insensitive” social media posts after viral backlash in Japan
The "Barbie" movie and "Oppenheimer" — about the scientist behind the atomic bomb — went head to head in theaters, but fans mashed them up, making "Barbenheimer" a global phenomenon. But in the only country attacked by atomic bombs, fan-made artwork of the beloved childhood icon paired with mushroom clouds didn't sit well with social media users. "#NoBarbenheimer" trended in Japan, reflecting a backlash sparked by what Japanese media said was the film's official U.S. account's cheerful replies to several memes. Those replies were later deleted. By some estimates, more than 200,000 people were killed as a direct result of the two atomic bombs dropped by the U.S. on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
"Warner Brothers regrets its recent insensitive social me...