DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) The United Arab Emirates on Monday banned the upcoming Pixar animated feature “Lightyear” from showing in movie theaters after its inclusion of a kiss between two le.
because fellow astronaut, alisha hawthorne, voiced by actress, uzo abuda, kisses her same sex partner, in the movie. a scene cut then reinstated by disney, who had been criticised for their delay in speaking out against a bill banning discussions of sexual orientation or gender identity in primary schools in florida. you know, we re hoping for a time when we don t even have to have this conversation. we can watch a movie, and we don t even have to bat an eyelid, we don t have to think, oh, wow, weird. you know, it s not weird, it s normal. the uae is one of a dozen countries that do not want it. the gulf state s media regulatory office said the film was banned for its violation of the country s media content standards. buzz: what! we have not heard from china. i am assuming that it will not make it through china. i know that we have gotten requests for things to cut. disney isn t going to bona fide.
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