LOS ANGELES, United States —
Disney’s latest
animation “Lightyear,” which features a same-sex kiss, has been denied release
in more than a dozen mainly
Muslim countries, a source close to the company
told AFP on Tuesday.
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Countries across
Asia and the Middle East have
refused to give Pixar’s “Toy Story” spinoff a showing, in the latest
development for parent company Disney as it tries to navigate differing public
and political attitudes on LGBTQ issues.
Regulators in the
UAE this week announced they were banning the movie for “violation of the
country’s media content standards,” tweeting a picture of titular hero Buzz
Lightyear in a red “No” symbol.
Indonesia — the world’s largest Muslim-majority
country — said it had not banned the film, “but suggested the owner of the
movie think about their audience in Indonesia where an LGBT kissing scene is
still considered sensitive.”
Rommy Fibri Hardiyanto, head of Indonesia’s
censoring office overseen by the Ministry of Education and Culture, told AFP
that Disney has not offered a re-cut version of “
Lightyear.”
In neighboring Malaysia, the Film Censorship Board
said if cuts were not made the film would not be screened in the country.
“It is not appropriate to show the two scenes, and
they are not suitable to be viewed by children,” an official, who declined to
be named, told AFP.
Disney is understood to have declined to make any
cuts, offering the film “as is” in all markets.
As a result, a total of 14 countries and territories
where the company wanted to show “Lightyear” have not granted the film a
release, AFP has learned.
The others are: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Oman, the Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.
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