Barbie Gets Banned In Another Country For “Moral & Religious” Reasons
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Two additional nations have outlawed the Barbie movie, this time for “moral and religious” justifications. Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, which debuted in the US on July 21 with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, has dominated the box office and is on track to earn $1 billion globally in only three weeks. The movie has garnered positive reviews from both reviewers and viewers, but it has also stirred up some controversy among conservative commentators and nations all over the world due to its feminist themes and sharp indictment of the patriarchy.
More nations are attempting to outlaw Barbie as it prepares to launch in the Middle East. The Barbie movie has been outlawed in Kuwait, according to the Associated Press, since the nation feels it promotes “ideas and beliefs that are alien to the Kuwaiti society and public order.” Lebanon is also attempting to outlaw the film because, in the words of the nation’s Minister of Culture, Mohammad Mortada, it “promotes homosexuality and sexual transformation” and goes against “moral and religious values as well as the principles of Lebanon.” Additionally, the minister claims that the film “promotes sexual deviance and transsexuality.”
Why The Barbie Movie Is Being Banned
Prior to the Middle Eastern nations, Vietnam prohibited the Barbie movie for reasons unconnected to its alleged sexual content or connections to LGBTQ+ people. The movie was first outlawed in the nation because to a brief scene in which a map of the real globe is shown with the so-called “nine-dash line.” Chinese maps utilize the line of demarcation to delineate their South China Sea territorial claims, which Vietnam vigorously contests. For precisely the same reason, Tom Holland’s Uncharted was prohibited from screening in Vietnam the previous year.
Despite the absence of overt sexual content or LGBTQ+ themes, the Barbie movie’s prohibition in Kuwait and Lebanon is not unexpected. The Middle East’s toughest censorship practices are seen in these nations, where Talk to Me was outlawed in Kuwait for the simple reason that it included a trans actor. Like that, there are several LGBTQ+ actors in the cast of Barbie, including Kate McKinnon, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, and Scott Evans. It’s terrible that people in these nations—where being LGBTQ+ is frowned upon or even condemned as sin—will not be able to watch the Barbie movie, which promotes inclusiveness and equality.
Two additional nations have outlawed the Barbie movie, this time for “moral and religious” justifications. Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, which debuted in the US on July 21 with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, has dominated the box office and is on track to earn $1 billion globally in only three weeks. The movie…
Two additional nations have outlawed the Barbie movie, this time for “moral and religious” justifications. Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, which debuted in the US on July 21 with Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, has dominated the box office and is on track to earn $1 billion globally in only three weeks. The movie…