The new blockbuster movie “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” has been abruptly removed from cinema listings in more than a dozen Muslim-majority countries this week. No explanation was given, but it's apparently because of the inclusion of a blink-and-you-miss-it transgender poster in the background of one frame. The Middle East distributor for the computer-animated Sony Pictures film did not respond to multiple requests for comment. No explicit bans of the film were announced, but there were indications that it will not reach screens. A source close to the film says there were no expectations it will be shown in the United Arab Emirates, for example, citing rigorous censorship of films aimed at children and young viewers.
  • alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgMEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    if this is over that: i will give props to Sony for actually sticking to a principle and not cutting it from the movie. i think that would be a rare, admirable thing from a corporation.

    • heartnotglands@lib.lgbtEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, given the current atmosphere where many corporations are backing down from supporting LGBTQ+ rights I would be glad to have it