Sorry, but that Snyder Cut joke is funny (and for the uninitiated, Zack Snyder's long-awaited cut of the DC superhero epic "Justice League" finally hit streaming services in 2021 after the previous, much-maligned version helmed by Joss Whedon preceded it). Beyond that, Gerwig, an obvious student of pop culture lore, skewers a lot more than "Zack Snyder's Justice League." In the very same section of the movie, President Barbie (Issa Rae) helps a fellow Barbie out after she's been deprogrammed, and she insists that one of the Kens show her Francis Ford Coppola's classic "The Godfather" — and not only that, she specifically asks that he talk through the entire movie and explain it to her, distracting him while the Barbie he held hostage is shown the light.
Nobody in their right mind is arguing that Greta Gerwig actually thinks "The Godfather" and "Zack Snyder's Justice League" are bad movies worthy of our disdain. That's not what the joke is — instead, the joke is at the expense of the Kens and their bloated sense of self-importance, wherein they were obviously spending their time explaining movies to various captive Barbies. Gerwig's film is rich with references to other movies and pop culture properties, and while only a few are shouted out directly — like the "Snyder Cut" — it's not from a place of actual criticism.
