Believe it or not, there is a Massachusetts woman named Barbara "Barbie" Oppenheimer — and she's been having quite the summer.
As you can probably imagine, life hasn't been quite the same for her since the July 21 weekend that launched both Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer to huge success.
It was one of the most exciting premiere weekends in a long time, but for the retired university professor, the virality of it all had a more personal impact. She says she's actually been enjoying the shock factor that comes with her name.
"The Barbenheimer craze has added some more fun to my already good life. It's been great fun," Oppenheimer said in an interview with the New York Post. "I'm having a lot of fun with the craze. It's always important to embrace the serendipity in life, isn't it?"
As far as the great Barbenheimer showdown is concerned, Oppenheimer's allegiance lies with her last name on the first weekend, as she went to watch Nolan's biopic — the subject of which, J. Robert Oppenheimer, is her cousin by marriage. She saw Barbie a couple of weeks later, and loved it just as much.
"It was a brilliant thing that they launched them together," she told Slate. "It really brought people back into movie theatres."
As you can probably imagine, life hasn't been quite the same for her since the July 21 weekend that launched both Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer to huge success.
It was one of the most exciting premiere weekends in a long time, but for the retired university professor, the virality of it all had a more personal impact. She says she's actually been enjoying the shock factor that comes with her name.
"The Barbenheimer craze has added some more fun to my already good life. It's been great fun," Oppenheimer said in an interview with the New York Post. "I'm having a lot of fun with the craze. It's always important to embrace the serendipity in life, isn't it?"
As far as the great Barbenheimer showdown is concerned, Oppenheimer's allegiance lies with her last name on the first weekend, as she went to watch Nolan's biopic — the subject of which, J. Robert Oppenheimer, is her cousin by marriage. She saw Barbie a couple of weeks later, and loved it just as much.
"It was a brilliant thing that they launched them together," she told Slate. "It really brought people back into movie theatres."
