[arista]

[Buzz Lightyear film banned in 14 countries
over lesbian kiss - but Disney refuses to cut it

Captain America star Chris Evans voices the
character of the young Buzz Lightyear in the film,
which is billed as "the definitive origin story",
while Uzo Aduba voices Alisha Hawthorne - who is
shown on screen kissing her female partner.]


https://news.sky.com/story/buzz-ligh...rates-12633242


[14 Middle Eastern and Asian countries.
The United Arab Emirates,
which includes Abu Dhabi and Dubai,
announced through the Ministry of Youth
and Culture's Media Regulatory Office
that the film will not open there
when it is released on Thursday.

In a tweet, the office said the
film is "not licenced for public screening"
due to its "violation of the country's
media content standards".]

Sign Of The Times.

[Oliver_W]

Good on Disney for sticking to their principles, they usually limit their performative allyship to easily removed lines of dialogue and shots which can be worked around to appease the primitive countries.
Not that I'm expecting them to last, they'll buckle.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Good on Disney for sticking to their principles, they usually limit their performative allyship to easily removed lines of dialogue and shots which can be worked around to appease the primitive countries.
Not that I'm expecting them to last, they'll buckle.

No, this is Crazy
this is affecting the Margins
Delete the Scene
Easy to do,



[Studios have allowed censors to cut films
in global distribution for content in the past,
including in the Middle East market.]

[_Seth]

Originally Posted by arista

No, this is Crazy
this is affecting the Margins
Delete the Scene
Easy to do,



[Studios have allowed censors to cut films
in global distribution for content in the past,
including in the Middle East market.]

They're still going to make crazy money.

Let the middle Eastern countries punish themselves. To remove a shot of two characters kissing would be spineless.

Mad respect to Disney.

[Toy Soldier]

So long as it’ll screen in the West and China they don’t give a **** is my observation.

They sometimes alter films to appease The Chinese audience because … well … it’s a massive audience.

It’s not just about the numbers either it’s the culture… the Chinese are massive movie-consumers in recent years.

[bitontheslide]

Disney have far larger problems than this to be honest. They have had a preferential status in florida for decades, and that is all being stopped

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

Disney have far larger problems than this to be honest. They have had a preferential status in florida for decades, and that is all being stopped

I'm not sure what you mean?

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

I'm not sure what you mean?

they basically had their own little state within florida where they were in control of everything, that has been removed by the florida governor due to their intransigence on "woke" issues

[Nicky91]

move ahead with the times and open up to new things would be my advice for those middle eastern countries and asia



and as for the ''woke culture'' i am kinda fed up with that now i am respectful, but i am not woke myself, i am against cancelling things in film, music & tv

[parmnion]

Sensible move.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

they basically had their own little state within florida where they were in control of everything, that has been removed by the florida governor due to their intransigence on "woke" issues

I had a look into it - why does an amusement park think anyone should listen to them about what gets taught in schools in regards to "gender" issues anyway?

[ThomasC]

Originally Posted by arista

No, this is Crazy
this is affecting the Margins
Delete the Scene
Easy to do,



[Studios have allowed censors to cut films
in global distribution for content in the past,
including in the Middle East market.]

No way.

This sends us back not forward if they were to do that.

It's more than a case of money and I am glad Disney realise that.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

So long as it’ll screen in the West and China they don’t give a **** is my observation.

They sometimes alter films to appease The Chinese audience because … well … it’s a massive audience.

It’s not just about the numbers either it’s the culture… the Chinese are massive movie-consumers in recent years.

Oh I have no doubt they'll take the knee for China and alter the film tbh.

Disney probably know there's no point in trying to appease certain other markets. Even if they remove all references to the woman being gay, one flash of her ankle and the movie would be fatwa'd out the screens.

[Alf]

They're as backwards as us, we banned a film in this country last week.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Alf

They're as backwards as us, we banned a film in this country last week.

?

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

?

What's your question?

[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

I had a look into it - why does an amusement park think anyone should listen to them about what gets taught in schools in regards to "gender" issues anyway?

yeah they are over reaching i think, but it's not the theme park, it's corporate disney, and they have a dose of reality coming to them

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Alf

What's your question?

I'm not sure what you're referring to? If a film really was cancelled here, could be thread worthy.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

I'm not sure what you're referring to? If a film really was cancelled here, could be thread worthy.

I think he's referring to the film about something to do with Islam that was protested by Muslims? There was a thread

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I think he's referring to the film about something to do with Islam that was protested by Muslims? There was a thread

I can't seem to find it, was it deleted?

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I think he's referring to the film about something to do with Islam that was protested by Muslims? There was a thread

Protested and then banned by the cinema out of fear for their staff.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

I can't seem to find it, was it deleted?

It's titled "Down with this sort of thing, careful now" in serious debates section.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Alf

It's titled "Down with this sort of thing, careful now" in serious debates section.

https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/for...137&highlight=

[Liam-]

While they still back Florida’s don’t say gay bill, this will be considered what it is, performative bait

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by ThomasC

It's more than a case of money and I am glad Disney realise that.

Disney (as an absolute rule) do not care about anything more than money, worth keeping that in mind.

In this case they have balanced things up and decided that the LGBT community (a core audience of Pixar movies) is a bigger proportion of the likely box office for this movie than Muslim-governed nations (not traditionally big movie-goers at all).

If it was one of their core markets they'd have had an alternate cut.