It is accused of promoting attitudes contrary to the cultural beliefs of the mainly Muslim nation.

  • Ooops
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    461 year ago

    “The movie promoted homosexuality and did not comply with Algeria’s religious and cultural beliefs”

    Did I see the wrong movie again when that pink fever dream about living -and quite certainly asexual- plastic puppets somehow promotes homosexuality?

    • Margot Robbie
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      121 year ago

      Maybe you should go watch the movie again with your family and friends a couple of time, just to make sure.

    • hh93
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      101 year ago

      I think there was a scene showing a gay couple checking out Ken for a couple of seconds when they arrived at the beach

      Would be very funny if they did leave that out in their release there and it still got banned for that since everyone knows that it’s not about that why they don’t want people seeing that movie

      • Ooops
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        21 year ago

        @MargotRobbie
        @hh93

        Fine… Why should I ever be able to just enjoy shallow entertainment as such? Guess I have to rewatch the movie at least another time to look for details I might have missed because I’m not properly sensitized like a good morally uncorrupted Algerian.

  • magnetosphere
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    311 year ago

    If a movie offends someone’s “religious morals”, then that person shouldn’t go see it. They don’t get to tell others that nobody can go see it.

    • Echo71Niner
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      81 year ago

      The whole problem is that they do.

      They don’t get to tell others that nobody can go see it.

      • 520
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        71 year ago

        When said person is in a position of considerable authority, they do.

    • El Barto
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      31 year ago

      I was gonna watch it because I enjoy Margot Robbie’s acting, but now I want to watch it to see what these countries are complaining about.

  • @TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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    171 year ago

    Someone’s repressed homosexuality burst forth after seeing Beach Ken for sure, lol.

    These religious freaks just wanna gobble some cock but gotta keep up appearances.

  • Echo71Niner
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    161 year ago

    Not to worry, copies of it were distributed to Algerian officials/family members.

  • AutoTL;DRB
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    111 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Algeria has banned the popular Barbie film three weeks after its release in the mainly Muslim North African nation.

    The movie promoted homosexuality and did not comply with Algeria’s religious and cultural beliefs, an official source told the Reuters news agency.

    The film was officially being banned for “damaging morals”, the privately owned news website said, adding that since its release viewings had sold out every day.

    There has been criticism in the Arab world about the movie’s social values, with Kuwait banning Barbie last week to protect “public ethics”.

    The film, starring Hollywood A-listers Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, is a coming-of-age story based on the children’s toy, where Barbie journeys to the real world and explores her identity.

    Barbie has received a warmer welcome from leaders in other countries, such as the UK and Spain, where British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Spanish royal family were pictured on cinema outings to see it.


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