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Disney-Pixar's Lightyear, with same-sex peck, will not play in 14 countries
SINGAPORE - At a recent press conference, actors Chris Evans and Taika Waititi held their ground over the inclusion of a same-sex touch in their animated movie Lightyear.
That scene has caused the film to not play in 14 Asian and Middle Eastern countries, including Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Together Arab Emirates.
And in Singapore, it received an NC16 rating from the Infocomm Media Development Authority – the highest for a film from the Pixar animation studio. This would restrict entry to those aged 16 and up. It opens here on June
American actor Evans, 41, responding to a question about the demonstrate of affection between the same-sex couple, says that films should “absorb the times and reflect it outward”.
In Lightyear, Evans plays the title character of the space explorer Buzz Lightyear. In the Toy Story universe, this feature inspires the creation of the toy of the same name found in the Toy Story clip franchise ( to ).
In the film, Buzz's secure friend is a female space r
Fuel bills are through the roof and times are hard. Are you going to spend roughly £30 taking your kids to watch Lightyear at the cinema, or wait until it lands on Disney+ sometime in August? Of course, you may own already cancelled your Disney+ subscription after recent controversies surrounding their progressive agenda. If that’s you, Lightyear is not going to change your mind.
This is the movie that famously contains Disney’s first gay kiss. But gay relationships is not what the movie is really about. Lightyear is not about how our masculine, muscle-bound hero Buzz Lightyear needs to be more liberal and learn to embrace people as they are. When his best companion, Alisha Hawthorne, kisses her wife, it is short and Buzz doesn’t bat an eyelid. The story quickly moves on.
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Yet conservative Christian commentators own been very angry about the inclusion of any same-sex attraction in a children’s film, no matter how short or incidental to the storyline. In response, liberal commentators hold made fun of their consternation, unable or unwilling to see
Pixar's 'Lightyear' was banned in 14 markets over a queer relationship, as Disney grapples with a history of stymieing LGBTQ representation in its movies
Disney and Pixar's "Lightyear," which comes to theaters this weekend, has been banned in 14 Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian markets over a same-sex relationship and kiss between a female couple.
A Disney spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider. But a agent told the Wall Street Journal that the company "typically refuses to make cuts or changes that interfere with the integrity of a movie or that it views as inequitable."
The Hollywood Whistleblower reported in Pride that the homosexual kiss had been restored to "Lightyear" after being slice from the film. Galyn Susman, a "Lightyear" producer, told The Mercury News in a recently published interview that Disney execs were "supportive" of the same-sex relationship, but "there was definite pushback" to the kiss.
Rommy Fibri, the chairman of the Film Censorship Board in Indonesia — one of the countries that banned t
Countries are censoring the new Buzz Lightyear movie over a homosexual kissing scene. It’s not the first time that Disney has faced LGBTQ backlash
Lightyear, which opens in the U.S. and global markets on Friday, stars Chris Evans and tells the tale of the astronaut behind Toy Story character Buzz Lightyear. It features a character named Alisha Hawthorne, voiced by Uzo Aduba, who is in a bond with another woman.
As a result of its LGBTQ+ content, the movie has been banned or censored in several countries across the globe.
On Monday, the agency in control of media censorship in the Together Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Twitter that Lightyear violated the country’s media content standards, and as a result is not licensed for public screening.
Film censorship agencies in Malaysia and Indonesia have also flagged the movie for review, the Novel York Times reported.
In Singapore, the film has been approved only for audiences over 16 years of age, according to the agency in charge of media regulation in the country. “While it is an excellent animated film set in the