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The �Barbie� movie has been banned in Kuwait and could soon be
forbidden in other parts of the Middle East because the film �promotes homosexuality� and carries �ideas that encourage unacceptable
behavior,� according to government officials.
The Greta Gerwig-directed �preachy, man-hating� film, per Bill Maher,
will not appear in theaters in Kuwait and could also soon be banned in
Lebanon, per The Hollywood Reporter.
Kuwait announced it had banned �Barbie� and the supernatural horror
film �Talk to Me� to protect �public ethics and social traditions,�
according to Reuters.
The chairman of Kuwait�s film censorship committee, Lafi Al-Subaie,
accused the film of �carrying ideas that encourage unacceptable
behavior and distort society�s values,� local media outlets reported.
�Barbie� Banned in Kuwait, Accused of �Promoting Homosexuality�
in Lebanon
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� The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 9, 2023
Lebanon�s cultural minister, Mohammad Mortada, also moved to ban the
film, stating that it promotes �homosexuality and sexual
transformation� and �contradicts values of faith and morality� by
diminishing the importance of the family unit, according to Reuters.
Based on Mortada�s comments, Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi asked
General Security�s censorship committee to review the film and give its recommendation, with it widely believed it will also be banned, THR
noted.
Despite earlier reports that the movie, about a Barbie doll coming to
life, would be banned in larger markets like Saudi Arabia and the
United Arab Emirates, it was announced this week the film would hit
theaters on August 10 in those countries.
Last month, the feminist fantasy film was banned in Vietnam due to
content that government officials found offensive.
It has to do with the film�s imagery of a South China Sea map. This
region has been a point of contention between Vietnam and China for
years, and a map in the movie shows a U-shaped �nine-dash line� in the
South China Sea.
�We do not grant license for the American movie �Barbie� to release in
Vietnam because it contains the offending image of the nine-dash line,�
Vi Kien Thanh, head of the Department of Cinema, a government body in
charge of licensing and censoring foreign films, was quoted as saying
in the state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper.
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