Posted on 11/04/2021 2:12:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the $200m movie will not be released in the Gulf region countries after being removed from local sites. The studio has yet to comment or confirm but sources claim that the reason is a kiss between Brian Tyree Henry’s character and his on-screen husband, played by Haaz Sleiman. It marks the first gay kiss in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Homosexuality is still illegal across much of the region and is punishable by death in both Saudi Arabia and Qatar. A local cinema chain confirmed to the trade that the film was “banned” but had no explanation provided.
In Singapore, Eternals has become the first Marvel Cinematic Universe film to gain an M18 certificate, which restricts audiences to those aged 18 and older. A spokesperson for the country’s Infocomm Media Development Authority confirmed that it was a result of “homosexual references”. The film also contains a sex scene between two heterosexual characters.
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I’ll pass
But Disney would bow to China if they asked the same.
Banned in my family households. Of course, nothing decent from Disney since last century.
Yes. They’ll do anything the ChiComs want.
Maybe I’ll move to Qatar.
Do they mandate the vax?...
Those countries would allow the film if it had a sex scene between a man and his goat lover.
Did anyone just see the Botox commercial on Fox?
I work in Hollywood and contracted to Disney. I get a free copy as a courtesy and after I received it, I threw it in the garbage.
True that. We are fortunate enough to have DVDs of the original Snow White and the original Song of the South.The Left hates Snow White because her skin is white as snow.
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah!
at least ya can drink there...
Was Raid on Entebbe, ever shown in Saudi?
Disney bows to China when they are to prtray good guys as Chinese dictators and bad guys as American presidents
And they have F1...
“Those countries would allow the film if it had a sex scene between a man and his goat lover.”
It’d be boffo.
You selling bootleg copies?
Lol. They probably already removed in in the Chinese copy. Disney is China’s biotch.
As are Apple and Google.
Just think of what the H-wood collection of losers would do if some state banned the movie.
Wanna bet what they’ll not do to the Muzzies?
In any case, I’ll give it a bye. For no other reason than I’m tired of 99.999% special effects. Marvel is now dead to me.
Oops, had Marvel on the mind. No big deal, now, same as Dizzzzzz-ney.
Hurl. Hard pass.
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