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Greta Gerwig’s Barbie He’s not going to Vietnam. The country banned commercial screenings of the film after a scene showing a map showing the “nine-dash line” in the South China Sea.

The nine-dash line is a U-shaped demarcation that China has used to stake territorial claims in the South China Sea. Those claims are disputed by other countries in the region, including Vietnam. The court in The Hague In 2016, an international arbitration ruling rejected the line, but China ignored the ruling.

The case is too much. Barbie Wasn’t Vietnam the first movie she banned on maps showing lines?

A senior official in Vietnam’s Department of Cinema told Reuters Tuoi Tre Newspaper, “The American film ‘Barbie’ will not be allowed to be released in Vietnam because the nine-dash line contains an offensive image.”

A representative for Warner Bros. was not immediately returned A rolling stoneRequest for feedback.

in the past Barbiethe nine-dash line led the Vietnamese government to ban the 2019 animated DreamWorks film. DisgustingAlso Sony’s 2022 action flick, Unknown. Netflix had to pull the 2021 Australian drama series pine gap On a nine-gap line map image from Vietnam.

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Barbie It’s set to hit theaters everywhere on July 21. The Gerwig-directed film stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken alongside a stacked supporting cast. The film features a star-studded soundtrack featuring music from Lizo, Dua Lipa, Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice, Charli XCX and more.

In a recent interview A rolling stoneTalking about the importance of music in the film, Robbie says: “You’re hearing lyrics that respond to what’s happening on screen, so the music goes beyond music and becomes a tool to enhance what the audience sees and experiences. , and it had to be the audience’s vote.

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