Tue Aug 15, 2023 – 3:59 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — While the first live action film about Mattel’s wildly popular Barbie doll breaks box office records around the globe, three countries have banned the movie due to its liberal themes on gender and sexuality that contradict morality.
The “Barbie” movie was released July 21 and remains the number one box office hit, earning $1.18 billion from international and domestic revenue and claiming the status of second all time in Warner Bros. history.
A few nations in the Middle East and Africa, however, are not contributing to the profits. Kuwait and Lebanon announced bans on the film last week, with Algeria following suit on Monday.
The official state news outlet Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) announced Wednesday that the “Kuwaiti Ministry of Information’s committee on cinematic censorship decide on Wednesday to ban the screening in Kuwait of ‘Barbie’ and ‘Talk to Me’ films.”
“Talk to Me” is a horror movie about teenagers who become addicted to conjuring spirits. It was released a week after “Barbie.”
“The decision stemmed from keenness on protection of public ethics and social traditions,” the announcement quoted Lafy Al-Subei’e, Undersecretary of the Ministry for
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