The box-office clash of Hollywood films Oppenheimer (directed by Christopher Nolan) and Barbie (directed by Greta Gerwig), has been a subject of online chatter for months now. The stark contrast in the nature of the movies - former being a serious biographical drama on a historic personality, and the latter being a full fledged fun film, contributed in tons to this Twitter-dubbed 'Barbenheimer' discourse.
me on my way to watch oppenheimer after watching barbie: pic.twitter.com/BWYD7cKhl1
— a♡ (@ayeshanxxr) July 22, 2023
Oppenheimer and Barbie movie released in theaters in India on July 21, 2023 i.e. yesterday. Taking 'Barbenheimer' to new levels, a theater in Chhattisgarh, India seems to have accidentally screened Oppenheimer with Barbie subtitles. The tweet that informed the world of the same went viral in no time, despite no solid verification on the authenticity of the incident.
@plantarina apparently this was chhattisgarh
— sapun (@sapunintended) July 21, 2023
It'd have to be done deliberately
— Andrew Todd (@mistertodd) July 22, 2023
By which I mean the photoshopping
Nevertheless, Twitter has been left in splits and has been reacting thus since:
This theatre took the Barbenheimer hype too seriously! https://t.co/lLiEOUIrqO
— Rahul Ravindran (@23_rahulr) July 21, 2023
*the scene where bomb is about to go off*
— Becauseshewroteso (@LaibaSohail_18) July 21, 2023
The subtitles; *come on barbie let's go party*
maybe wasn't accidental
— Asiyah Sultan 👑 (@SultanAsiyah) July 22, 2023
lmao 🤣
— blank (@lurid_world) July 21, 2023
This is the true way to watch barbenheimer 🫡 https://t.co/OiQwvkBHOz
— K (@rthikrants) July 21, 2023
When the theatres play #Barbie & #Oppenheimer on the same day! https://t.co/cuF29LOWhZ
— Moz!🛡️ (@MozDefinitely) July 22, 2023
lmao I would have died laughing 😭 https://t.co/dgtafNT6kp
— jordan. bey, nycc, luci ‘23. (@JORDIBEEE) July 22, 2023
this is the. coolest. thing. ever. I don't know why I love it so much. 😭🤭😂 https://t.co/HwbWWyhn7c
— nehal (luzoyam era) (@inmyzoyalaiera) July 22, 2023
cillian murphy IS barbie https://t.co/gZF88FapSo
— f (@fvbs444) July 21, 2023
Maybe we got lost in translation.... https://t.co/rULJIFF1vo
— Leonur 🌸 (@RenDealistic17) July 22, 2023
barbie doesnt have this dialogue its a movie about existential crisis https://t.co/kOotq27S7j
— la chismosa (@mylovelyseulgi) July 22, 2023
In one way or the other it’s quantum physics 😂
— Meera Ganapathi (@octopuswatch_1) July 22, 2023