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August 31, 2023 59 secs
The BUZZ: August 14th, 2023
This week the BUZZ features Weird Barbie and the Marketing Power of Movies.

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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Welcome to your Weekly Buzz, presented by Speaking Here.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
We're happening this week on the Buzz. While Weird Barbie
joins the club of toy based movie merchandise, it's really
not that weird. This club wasn't necessarily exclusive, so it's
not surprising that Kate McKinnon's character has been molded into
a toy that was technically already a toy in the
first place. After the Barbie movie crossed the one billion

(00:33):
dollar mark globally with no signs of stopping, the characters
from the film become prime opportunities for Mattel to capitalize on.
Learn more about this buzzworthy brand effort at speaking human
dot com by searching with keywords weird Barbie and that's
your Weekly Buzz. Get more breast bud from human dot

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