'Barbie' Won't Be Banned in Philippines, But Controversial Map Scene Might Get Blurred
After a weeklong review and much public debate, the Philippines has opted not to ban Gretta Gerwig’s much anticipated Barbie movie. Starring Margot Robbie and…
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After a weeklong review and much public debate, the Philippines has opted not to ban Gretta Gerwig’s much anticipated Barbie movie. Starring Margot Robbie and…
"Having carefully reviewed the film, the Department is not convinced that the lines shown depict anything more than a fictitious path, in an imaginary world map," the DFA said in a statement.
Censors say the Barbie movie can be shown in theaters, but only with lines blurred on a "child-like" map that has irked more than one nation.
The Philippines Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) says it will allow the new “Barbie” movie to be released in theaters in the country after reviewing a controversial scene that features a map that critics say depicts China’s claimed territory in the South China Sea. The MTRCB said it conducted two reviews of…
Vietnam has banned the movie for its portrayal of China’s territorial claims in a map of the South China Sea.