Social media users in Japan share 9/11 memes in response to Barbenheimer promotion

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Barbie and Oppenheimer, with some sharing 9/11 memes in response.On Twitter/X, Warner Bros. previously responded to a mockup image of Cillian Murphy’s Oppenheimer carrying Margot Robbie’s Barbie on his shoulders while surrounded by the flames of an atomic explosion.In response to the image, Warner Bros.

tweeted: “It’s going to be a summer to remember.”The studio was playing into the viral Barbenheimer trend, which saw millions of cinemagoers around the world see both movies in a double bill after social media drew attention to their joint release date (July 21).In response, Japanese people have hit out at Warner Bros.

for trivialising the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, which claimed the lives of approximately 110,000 people.To illustrate their point, some social media users in Japan mocked up their own images, combining Barbie with the 9/11 World Trade Center terrorist attack, while also placing Robbie’s titular character on the shoulders of Osama bin Laden.In an attempt to get Americans to see why Japan finds Barbenheimer offensive, Japanese twitter has taken to making 9/11 jokes – completely misunderstanding that Americans love 9/11 jokes.

pic.twitter.com/6F5FOf5aTR— Nick | アラタ・ニコラス (@NickFromTokyo) August 1, 2023 “In an attempt to get Americans to see why Japan finds Barbenheimer offensive, Japanese Twitter has taken to making 9/11 jokes – completely misunderstanding that Americans love 9/11 jokes,” tweeted one user.The Japan branch of Warner Bros.