Barbie banned in Vietnam for diplomatic oversight, you can see why

Barbie banned in Vietnam for diplomatic oversight, you can see why

Banned before the premiere!

movie Barbie starring Margot Robbie This Ryan Gosling is one of the most anticipated films of 2023 and, at least in Brazil, the public seems to be very eager to see this film in theaters. However, in another country the consequences are not so positive. Vietnam – which had its own authorities prohibiting the showing of commercials about live action of the most famous dolls in pop culture. Will we understand the reasons?

Movie Barbie, produced Warner Bros. and under the guidance Greta Gerwig was supposed to debut in Vietnam on July 21, but map distortion forced the country’s authorities to ban even advertising for the film. But what was so great about this map?

Well, apparently in the movie there is a scene where this card with calls appears “line of nine dashes”, which represents China’s claims to territory in the South China Sea, and this representation violates the country’s sovereignty, according to Vietnam. CEO Vietnam Film Department of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism – I saw Kien Thanh – this Monday (03) it turned out that the decision had been made National Board of Film Appraisal. (by using Diversity)

Barbie, live-action film

“We didn’t license the American Barbie movie for Vietnam because it contains offensive imagery of the nine-dash line.”This is reported by the state newspaper Tuoi Tre, citing Vi Kien Thanh.

This is not the first show “line of nine dashes” causes problems in movies and TV shows about Vietnam. Other names such as Disgusting (from DreamWorks) This Uncharted: Off the Map (from Sony) the same fate befell in 2019 and 2022 respectively for posting these images, which are considered offensive to the country and its territoriality.

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