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‘Barbie’ Banned in Kuwait, Accused of “Promoting Homosexuality” in Lebanon

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/barbie-banned-kuwait-homosexuality-1235560252/

While Warner Bros' hit movie may — finally — be coming out in Saudi Arabia, it faces a different fate in other Middle East countries.

‘Barbie’ Banned in Kuwait, Accused of “Promoting Homosexuality” in Lebanon

While Warner Bros' hit movie may — finally — be coming out in Saudi Arabia, it faces a different fate in other Middle East countries.

14 comments

ohlaph

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Wow, not one person is surprised. I'm sure cucumbers are banned there too.

EherVielleicht

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Not the real small ones.

CheshireSnake

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Idk. It's not the size. It's how you use it.

TransplantedSconie

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They saw Beach Ken's abs and felt some movement in their loin cloth.

EherVielleicht

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Only conservative things.

hardware26

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I watched the movie, I don't remember anything that was promoting homosexuality. Can someone point out?

Kolanaki

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"Looking at all that pink's gonna turn ya gay, son!"

"But... Isn't pink also a euphemism for vagina? Is looking at vagina gay?"

No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston

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🎼I'm just Ken🎵 And so am I🎹 Put that manly hand in mine🎸 Son people check me out 'cause I just can' t🎤

The beach off has the same homoerotic potential as he-man and the masters of the universe cartoon, but since is live action, with real dudes, it created doubts in between their loins.

dom

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I also thought the all Male nude musical number "choose to be gay" was a little much.

dom

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Actually maybe I was watching a different movie

boredtortoise

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I think the climax with full penetration kind of needed that tho

BonesOfTheMoon

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Lebanon is supposed to be pretty progressive too I've read. Geez it's just a movie.

magnor

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Sadly from what I recall Hezbollah has been gaining a lot of traction since the Israeli invasion of 2006, so fundamentalists set up shop.

HenriVolney

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Well now I'm convinced I need to go and see it. Thanks for the tip, my mysoginist homophobic fascist friends!

Stinkywizzleteets

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