Comedian Marc Maron hailed Greta Gerwig s Barbie as a masterpiece and said hes dumbfounded by right-wing backlash against the satirical comedy.

The comedy about men is inspired, Maron declared Tuesday in a TikTok video that has gone viral. And the fact that certain men took offense to the point where they tried to build a grift around it ... is so embarrassing for them.

Any dude that cant take those hits, in that movie, theyve really gotta look in their pants and decide what theyre made of, he continued in his nearly two-minute rant. I mean, Jesus Christ. What a bunch of fucking insecure babies.

Barbie hit theaters last month to critical acclaim and broke the box office record its first weekend for a film directed by a woman. It also sparked outcry from conservatives , including Ben Shapiro , Charlie Kirk and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

Cruz suggested investigating whether Barbie was a communist , saying a crude map in the film draws disputed territory in Chinas favor. Kirk called the film trans propaganda. Shapiro had a meltdown over what he called angry feminist claptrap.