Japan's online community expresses anger and pain as internet memes blend the iconic characters of 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer,' juxtaposing them against nuclear bomb imagery
"Barbie" is due to be released in Japan later this month, but no date has been set for "Oppenheimer. Photo: AFP
One film is about a wildly popular children's doll and the other is a biopic about J Robert Oppenheimer, one of the creators of atomic weapons.
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