Barbie - How Ryan Gosling Perfected Ken

Ken is the star of the movie because he is extremely relatable and human. barbie is a perfect robot who is discovering humanity: none of the audience members are perfect robots learning to be imperfect, we are all Kens trying to find intrinsic value in ourselves and self respect.

Ryan Gosling playing insecure & awkward... half of the internet: "he's literally me" 😂 (and this time it is true)

This video is necessary for those who don’t understand why he was nominated for Best Supporting actor. Great breakdown of his performance!

Ken’s the underdog. Everyone loves an underdog.

Thank you for doing this cos i see a lot of people dismissing his Oscar nomination because it's a comedic performance not knowing how hard it is to do

When he put glasses on top of glasses I hollered 😂

I’m happy that Ryan Gosling received an Oscars nomination! He delivered a brilliant grade-A comedic performance. Comedic acting isn’t that easy. His delivery, timing, body language, and facial expression were great, subtle, smooth, and hilarious. He didn’t even try hard. He is mostly likely going to perform live at the Oscars too for I’m Just Ken lol. I’ll be watching.

“When the two threaten to beach each other off, they come” Absolutely lost it

Nutshell summary: Gosling is a genius and people are finally noticing. He's an excellent physical actor and funny as hell. Sidenote: He should win for his performance, but a special mention should go to his fantastic abs!! I mean, he became Ken. Serious props, and thanks for that, Ryan. Thank you.... 😉

I think it's also worth highlighting the brilliance of the marketing tag line "he's just Ken". It really sets up the later "Kenough" line later so well

There was a reason Gretta and Marggot as produces were so persistent on getting him to accept the role of Ken. A perfect performance in every way

IMO Barbie starts off as perfect and learns how to accept being imperfect, thus being human. Most humans by default understand that they’re flawed, they’re usually trying to cover it up. Ken’s character starts off as someone who clearly WANTS to be acknowledged by the person he sees as perfect, but is always stuck looking awkward or doing all the wrong things, at one point even doubling down and tossing the baby out with the bath water to try and deal with his insecurities - guess who’s more relatable to general audiences, male and female?

Happy to see The Nice Guys getting more praise over time! His performance in that movie turned me around on him as well. Great breakdown as usual!

Gosling’s SNL performance in ‘Papyrus’ is legendary comedy. Highly recommended.

Ryan Gosling is going to get an Oscar for this portray; - why because he’s Kenough ❤

Part of the reason RG's portrayal of Ken is so important is that in less capable hands, it'd be a horror show. Scene after scene, I was sitting there thinking of other movies (or news stories) where that was the point some guy went off the rails and became the stalker/user/bad-guy-perpetuating-the-cycle/etc. The balance of acknowledging negative emotions but not losing the humanity of a character was incredibly crucial to making this work.

Every single second beach ken was on screen was funny, like gosling delivered an all time comedy performance for exactly what you were pointing out and it was his body language. His delivery and tone is great of course but a grown man playing with the bus stop like it’s a jungle gym is ridiculous. I hope he wins best supporting actor (he won’t but a man can dream)

Thanks for telling me I did good as Ken it means a lot (I’m literally Ryan Gosling)

Ryan has a very self-depreciating understated sense of humor in real life, and not over-the-top like the usual comedians. That's what makes his delivery so subtle. He's the best guest on the Graham Norton Show

Watching the movie in theaters, it felt (and still feels like), Ken was the actual main character of the film. He was the most proactive, had the biggest arc, and I was rooting so hard for him throughout the movie. His (relatable) pain is the FIRST we see, in a moment during the film in which everyone is happy - his initial beach scene and then the dance scene. His story had the most depth and the most layers and the most suffering. Unlike Barbie who was mostly just a passive damsel in distress that gains an “out” from her chaotic situation in the end (exiting Barbieland). Ken has to remain in his world AND figure out a way to make it work for him - to adapt, to change, to confront his pain and his desires, to endure, and to have important realizations in the end.