Kuwait barred the hit movie ‘Barbie’ from cinemas over issues about “public ethics”, officers stated, additionally confirming a ban on a horror film that includes a transgender actor. ‘Barbie’ and ‘Speak to Me’ each “promulgate concepts and beliefs which might be alien to the Kuwaiti society and public order”, Lafy Al-Subei’e, head of Kuwait’s cinema censorship committee, informed the official KUNA information company.
Whereas deciding on any international film, the committee often orders “censoring of the scenes that run counter to public ethics. However (if) a movie carries alien ideas, message or unacceptable behaviour, the committee decides to bar the stuff in query as a complete,” he stated.
Nonetheless, “Barbie”, which has taken greater than $1 billion worldwide, is being proven in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain.
Gulf Arab states together with Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia – all of which outlaw homosexuality – routinely censor movies that include LGBTQ references.
