"The movie promoted homosexuality and did not comply with Algeria's religious and cultural beliefs"
Did I see the wrong movie again when that pink fever dream about living -and quite certainly asexual- plastic puppets somehow promotes homosexuality?
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Maybe you should go watch the movie again with your family and friends a couple of time, just to make sure.
I think there was a scene showing a gay couple checking out Ken for a couple of seconds when they arrived at the beach
Would be very funny if they did leave that out in their release there and it still got banned for that since everyone knows that it's not about that why they don't want people seeing that movie
Fine... Why should I ever be able to just enjoy shallow entertainment as such? Guess I have to rewatch the movie at least another time to look for details I might have missed because I'm not properly sensitized like a good morally uncorrupted Algerian.
You can't buy advertising this good.
I was gonna watch it because I enjoy Margot Robbie's acting, but now I want to watch it to see what these countries are complaining about.
When your morals are so weak they can't hold up against Barbie, it's time to rethink those morals lmao
Someone's repressed homosexuality burst forth after seeing Beach Ken for sure, lol.
These religious freaks just wanna gobble some cock but gotta keep up appearances.
Not to worry, copies of it were distributed to Algerian officials/family members.
It tickles me pickle! Ban it post haste!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Algeria has banned the popular Barbie film three weeks after its release in the mainly Muslim North African nation.
The movie promoted homosexuality and did not comply with Algeria's religious and cultural beliefs, an official source told the Reuters news agency.
The film was officially being banned for "damaging morals", the privately owned news website said, adding that since its release viewings had sold out every day.
There has been criticism in the Arab world about the movie's social values, with Kuwait banning Barbie last week to protect "public ethics".
The film, starring Hollywood A-listers Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, is a coming-of-age story based on the children's toy, where Barbie journeys to the real world and explores her identity.
Barbie has received a warmer welcome from leaders in other countries, such as the UK and Spain, where British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Spanish royal family were pictured on cinema outings to see it.
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Gosh darn womens rights, corrupting all those morals. You'd think you'd want those darn women to go to go to school to learn some morals. Oh wait......
I’ve seen it and I don’t even remember anything promoting homosexuality, plenty of female empowerment but I don’t remember a gay focus anywhere. Was there a same sex couple as extras in a scene I didn’t notice? Probably, that doesn’t stand out to me though because I’m not a bigot
There was one gay couple and then gay icon Magic Earring Ken, but that’s it. I assume it’s just basic ‘woman stuff is gay’ that some men like to do.
Commented the same on another post, but I thought maybe it could be the whole beach off scene. Not agreeing with it, just trying to find a reasoning myself too
American Evangelicals and Middle Eastern Islamists continue to align it seems
Religion ...
Shouldn't they live Barbie since she has no clit or autonomy?