Barbie: Iconic Monologue by 'Gloria' America Ferrera #BestScene [ENG SUBTITLES] — Transcript

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1. 0:04it is literally impossible to be a
2. 0:07woman you are so beautiful and so smart
3. 0:12and it kills me that you don't think
4. 0:14you're good enough like we have to
5. 0:17always be
6. 0:20extraordinary but somehow we're always
7. 0:23doing it
8. 0:26wrong like you have to be thin but not
9. 0:29too thin and you can never say you want
10. 0:31to be thin you have to say you want to
11. 0:33be healthy but also you have to be thin
12. 0:37you have to have money but you can't ask
13. 0:40for money because that's
14. 0:43crass you have to be a boss but you
15. 0:45can't be mean you have to lead but you
16. 0:47can't squash other people's ideas you're
17. 0:49supposed to love being a mother but
18. 0:51don't talk about your kids all the damn
19. 0:53time you have to be a career woman but
20. 0:55also always be looking out for other
21. 0:57people you have to answer for men's bad
22. 1:00behavior which is insane but if you
23. 1:02point that out you're accused of
24. 1:04complaining you're supposed to stay
25. 1:05pretty for men but not so pretty that
26. 1:07you tempt them too much or that you
27. 1:09threaten other women because you're
28. 1:10supposed to be a part of The Sisterhood
29. 1:12but always stand out and always be
30. 1:15grateful but never forget that the
31. 1:17system is rigged so find a way to
32. 1:19acknowledge that but also always be
33. 1:21grateful you have to never get old never
34. 1:24be rude never show off never be selfish
35. 1:28never fall down never fail never show
36. 1:30Fear never get out of line it's too hard
37. 1:34it's too contradictory and nobody gives
38. 1:36you a medal or says thank you and it
39. 1:38turns out in fact that not only are you
40. 1:40doing everything wrong but also
41. 1:42everything is your
42. 1:48fault I'm just so tired of watching
43. 1:52myself and
44. 1:53every single Other Woman tie herself
45. 1:57into knots so that people will like
46. 2:03us and if all of
47. 2:06that is also true for a
48. 2:10doll
49. 2:12just representing a
50. 2:17woman then I don't even
51. 2:23know you have to be their mommies but
52. 2:26not remind them of their mommy any power
53. 2:28you have must be masked under a giggle
54. 2:30to find a way to reject men's advances
55. 2:31without damaging their egos because if
56. 2:33you say yes to them you're a TR but if
57. 2:35you say no to them you're a proof by
58. 2:37giving voice to the cognitive dissonance
59. 2:38required to be a woman under the
60. 2:40patriarchy you robbed it of its power
61. 2:47yes