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THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2025
Warner Bros responds after Vietnam bans Barbie

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Hindustan Times
07 July, 2023, 08:15 pm
Last modified: 07 July, 2023, 08:26 pm

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Warner Bros responds after Vietnam bans Barbie

Hindustan Times
07 July, 2023, 08:15 pm
Last modified: 07 July, 2023, 08:26 pm

'Barbie' poster. Photo: Collected.
'Barbie' poster. Photo: Collected.

Warner Bros' has responded after its highly-anticipated movie Barbie sparked controversy and was banned in Vietnam over a specific scene showing a disputed map. As per a new report, after facing backlash, a spokesperson for the Warner Bros Film Group said that the scene didn't 'intend to make any type of statement'. Directed by Greta Gerwig, the film stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling in the lead roles.

The film has a scene that depicts a map with the "nine dash line." It is a representation of China's territorial claims in the South China Sea, which Vietnam said violates its sovereignty. The particular map scene led to the film's ban in Vietnam. The film was set to hit theatres in Vietnam on 21 July 21, aligning with its big-screen release in most countries around the world.

A Warner Bros spokesperson said, "The map in Barbie Land is a child-like crayon drawing. The doodles depict Barbie's make-believe journey from Barbie Land to the 'real world.' It was not intended to make any type of statement." The childlike map, with scribbles and a hashtag, drew the attention of Vietnam earlier this week. The said scene has a board with the world map roughly drawn on it. Next to Asia, there are only eight lines and not in shape at par with official global maps.

This is not the first time the inclusion of the nine-dash line has stirred controversy in the cinematic scene. In the past, the MTRCB blocked the release of the film Uncharted in the Philippines due to similar concerns. In 2019, DreamWorks' Abominable was banned for the same reason.

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TV series Put Your Head On My Shoulder and Madam Secretary were told to delete certain scenes containing the map in 2020. Netflix had to remove the Australian spy drama Pine Gap from streaming in Vietnam in 2021, as per New York Post.
 

Barbie / Ryan Gosling / Margot Robbie

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