#‘Barbie’ Music Producer Mark Ronson Calls Out Bill Maher for Bashing Hit Film

Barbie music producer Mark Ronson isn’t here for Bill Maher’s take on Greta Gerwig’s billion-dollar hit.

The DJ, who oversaw the film’s album, took to social media on Tuesday to share his thoughts on the talk show host calling the movie “preachy, man-hating and a #ZombieLie.”

“We come to this place for magic,” Ronson began a tweet, imitating Nicole Kidman’s infamous ad. “We come to AMC theaters to laugh, to cry, to care… and to furiously google ‘mattel board configuration’ while others are trying to enjoy a f***king magnificent comedy.”

His social post comes the day after Maher posted a four-paragraph tweet, sharing that Barbie ended up being what he expected, even though he hoped it wouldn’t be.

“OK, ‘Barbie’: I was hoping it wouldn’t be preachy, man-hating, and a #ZombieLie – alas, it was all three,” Maher wrote. “What is a Zombie Lie? Something that never was true, but certain people refuse to stop saying it (tax cuts for the rich increase revenues, e.g.); OR something that USED to be true but no longer is, but certain people pretend it’s still true. ‘Barbie’ is this kind of #ZombieLie.”

He went on to address parts of the film — which are, heads up, a bit spoiler-y — explaining that when Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) approach the Mattel board in the real world, it consists of 12 white men.

“The real Mattel board is a pretty close mirror of the country, where 45% of the 449 board seats filled last year in Fortune 500 companies were women,” he continued. “Truth is, I’m not the one who’s out of step – I’m living in the year we’re living in. Barbie is fun, I enjoyed it – but it IS a #ZombieLie. And people who don’t go along with zombie lies did not take some red pill – just staying true to CURRENT reality.”

Maher joins Ben Shapiro and Elon Musk, who have both shared negative takes on Gerwig’s Barbie.