Posted on 03/05/2022 4:38:53 PM PST by McGruff
CULVER CITY, CA—Sony Pictures Studios has added its voice to those of corporations all around the world protesting Russia's incursion into Ukraine. Studio execs announced this week that for all digital streaming and physical copies of Rocky IV, they will blur out all depictions of the character Captian Ivan Drago, a boxing champion from Soviet Russia.
"We stand with Ukraine here at Sony," said VP Stacy Green. "We understand that depictions of the villainous Russian Drago may be seen as insensitive to many viewers during these difficult times. While we will not cut any scenes from the beloved film, all scenes featuring the Russian character will be pixelated."
Execs also confirmed that all instances of the word "Russia" will be dubbed with less upsetting words, "rubber ducky," "rascal," and "f--- Putin."
Other studios are already following Sony's lead, removing depictions of Russians from movies like Rambo and Red Dawn. Hollywood hopes their collective efforts will help counteract the millions the Biden Administration is spending on Russian oil.
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OMG I didn’t realize it was the Bee. And I had this long post prepared.
They got me! I believed they would think this is meaningful.
Now-a-days it’s hard to tell what’s satire from real life.
As the Miami mayor declaring (as a symbol of solidarity with Ukraine) he would be removing Russian flags from any boats on the marina. With democrats, it’s always nothing but symbolism.
Will they be removing the Russian flag from history books too?
Dolph is a Swede.
And he nearly killed Stallone for real during the movie (Stallone was hospitalized with fluid around the heart after taking a punch)
There have been so many insane stories this week that I was sure were the Babylon Bee—and got it wrong.
Stuff like “Heroic Ukraine Transgender fights off Russian Battalion”
;-)
IF HE BLURS, HE BLURS
So Rambo III must be 90% pixelated. /s
Symbolism is always cheap. They are always trying to slay everyone else with the jawbone of an ass, namely, their own.
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