'Barbenheimer' Signals the Start of Hollywood's Apocalypse

"Barbenheimer"--the collective celebration around the release of the Barbie and Oppenheimer movies--has collided with the wedding industrial complex. According to a Variety story this week, people are planning on taking their friends and family, prenuptials, to see the two films as a double feature. People who aren't getting married are planning similar movie-watching marathons. It also feels like a sign of the end times. This sense of dread doesn't stem from the public's collective yearning to absorb stories about a Mattel doll and the development of atomic weapons at the same time.