‘Doctor Strange’ Sequel Hasn’t Been Banned for Gay Content—Yet, Says Sdi Arabian Official | Vany Fair

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• DOCTOR STRANGE SEQUEL HASN’T BEEN BANNED FOR GAY CONTENT—YET, SAYS SDI ARABIAN OFFICIALWH HOMOSEXUALY ILLEGAL ACROSS THE GULF, CENSORS ARE REQUTG THAT DISNEY SHED “BARELY 12 SENDS” OF THE FILM THAT REFERENC A CHARACTER’S LGBTQ+ INTY.BY SAVANNAH WALSHAPRIL 26, 2022COURTY OF MARVEL STUDSSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETWELVE SENDS ARE WHAT STAND BETWEEN SDI ARABIAN DIENC AND THE UPG MARVEL EPIC, DOCTOR STRANGE THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNS. THEATERS SDI ARABIA HAVE REPORTEDLY ASKED DISNEY TO CENSOR “LGBTQ REFERENC” THE BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH–LED SUPERHERO FILM. THE PANY’S APPARENT REFAL TO DO SO HAS LED TO REPORTS THAT DOCTOR STRANGE HAS BEEN BANNED OM RELEASE THE UNTRY AS WELL AS KUWA AND QATAR. “WE SENT TO THE DISTRIBUTOR, AND THE DISTRIBUTOR SENT TO DISNEY, AND DISNEY HAS TOLD THEY ARE NOT WILLG [TO MAKE THE CUTS],” SAID NAWAF ALSABHAN, SDI ARABIA’S GENERAL SUPERVISOR OF CEMA CLASSIFITN, AS REPORTED BY THE GUARDIAN. OFFICIALS ARE QUIBBLG OVER “BARELY 12 SENDS” OF NTENT WHICH A LBIAN CHARACTER, AMERI CHAVEZ (XOCHL GOMEZ), ACKNOWLEDG HER “TWO MOMS.” ALSABHAN TOLD THE OUTLET THAT SCE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL THE REGN, “’S VERY TOUGH TO PASS” A SCENE LIKE THIS THROUGH THE CENSORS.THOUGH HE DISPUTED A HOLLYWOOD REPORTER PIECE PUBLISHED FRIDAY THAT CLAIMED THE SAM RAIMI–DIRECTED SEQUEL HAD BEEN OUTRIGHT BANNED OM RELEASE, ALSABHAN’S NIAL SEEMS TO HGE ON DISNEY SLASHG THE SCENE QUTN. “THERE’S NO REASON TO BAN THE FILM,” HE SAID. “IT’S A SIMPLE ED…SO FAR THEY HAVE REFED. BUT WE HAVEN’T CLOSED THE DOOR.” TICKETS TO THE FILM, WHICH HS U.S. THEATERS ON MAY 6, ARE STILL ON SALE THE UNED ARAB EMIRAT, SUGGTG THAT S RELEASE THAT AREA WILL BE UNAFFECTED.THE MIDDLE EAST HAS A LONG HISTORY OF BARRG FILMS THAT CLU GAY THEM. MARVEL’S ETERNALS RECEIVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SIAR BAN THE GULF OVER CLN OF A SAME-SEX KISS LAST NOVEMBER. AS NOTED BY THR, WT SI STORY WAS ALSO PROHIBED FOR PICTG THE EXPERIENCE OF A TRANSGENR CHARACTER. THIS HOMOPHOBIC CENSORSHIP APPLI TO ANIMATED CHARACTERS TOO. IN 2020, PIXAR CLUD S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER, SPECTER—A CYCLOPS POLICE OFFICER VOICED BY LENA WAHE— THE FILM ONWARD. AS REPORTED BY VARIETY, HOWEVER, SPECTER’S QUEERNS WAS ACKNOWLEDGED ONLY WH A SGLE LE: “IT’S NOT EASY BEG A NEW PARENT—MY GIRLIEND’S DGHTER GOT ME PULLG MY HAIR OUT, OKAY?” HOWEVER TAME, GOT THE FILM BANNED SDI ARABIA, KUWA, OMAN, AND QATAR. ADDNALLY, THE WORD GIRLIEND WAS SWCHED TO PARTNER FOR THE FILM’S RSIAN RELEASE, ACRDG TO THE OUTLET.DISNEY IS CURRENTLY THE NSERVATIVE CROSS FIR FOR SPEAKG OUT AGAST FLORIDA’S NTROVERSIAL “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL AFTER RECEIVG BACKLASH OM S EMPLOYE AND THE WORLD AT LARGE FOR IALLY STAYG SILENT.MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR— THE “HOT MS” DUCHS AT THE CENTER OF A ’60S SEX SNDAL— JTICE FOR GIRLS: LOOKG BACK ON THE SHOW 10 YEARS LATER— THE JOHNNY DEPP–AMBER HEARD TRIAL: HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?— AMANDA SEYIED WANTS TO REPRISE HER ROLE AS ELIZABETH HOLM— HOW THE CAST OF THIS IS US WON EQUAL PAY— WILL SMH BANNED FROM THE OSRS FOR 10 YEARS AFTER THE SLAP— NETFLIX’S THE ULTIMATUM OFFERS A SADISTIC TWIST ON REALY ROMANCE— FROM THE ARCHIVE: HOW DAVID ZASLAV BEME AMERI’S KG OF CONTENT— SIGN UP FOR THE “HWD DAILY” NEWSLETTER FOR MT-READ DTRY AND AWARDS VERAGE—PL A SPECIAL WEEKLY EDN OF “AWARDS INSIR.”MOST POPULARPRCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE’S HEART OF INVICT NETFLIX DOC GETS A TRAILER AND RELEASE DATEBY KASE WICKMANMILLIE BOBBY BROWN IS READY FOR THE END OF STRANGER THGSBY CHRIS MURPHYAND JT LIKE THAT… PREPAR FOR ITS LAST SUPPERBY CHRIS MURPHYSAVANNAH WALSH
• DOCTOR STRANGE 2: BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH BREAKS SILENCE ON LGBTQ+ 12-SEND GAY REFERENCE BAN

DOCTOR STRANGE SEQUEL HASN’T BEEN BANNED FOR GAY CONTENT—YET, SAYS SDI ARABIAN OFFICIALWH HOMOSEXUALY ILLEGAL ACROSS THE GULF, CENSORS ARE REQUTG THAT DISNEY SHED “BARELY 12 SENDS” OF THE FILM THAT REFERENC A CHARACTER’S LGBTQ+ INTY.BY SAVANNAH WALSHAPRIL 26, 2022COURTY OF MARVEL STUDSSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETWELVE SENDS ARE WHAT STAND BETWEEN SDI ARABIAN DIENC AND THE UPG MARVEL EPIC, DOCTOR STRANGE THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNS. THEATERS SDI ARABIA HAVE REPORTEDLY ASKED DISNEY TO CENSOR “LGBTQ REFERENC” THE BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH–LED SUPERHERO FILM. THE PANY’S APPARENT REFAL TO DO SO HAS LED TO REPORTS THAT DOCTOR STRANGE HAS BEEN BANNED OM RELEASE THE UNTRY AS WELL AS KUWA AND QATAR. “WE SENT TO THE DISTRIBUTOR, AND THE DISTRIBUTOR SENT TO DISNEY, AND DISNEY HAS TOLD THEY ARE NOT WILLG [TO MAKE THE CUTS],” SAID NAWAF ALSABHAN, SDI ARABIA’S GENERAL SUPERVISOR OF CEMA CLASSIFITN, AS REPORTED BY THE GUARDIAN. OFFICIALS ARE QUIBBLG OVER “BARELY 12 SENDS” OF NTENT WHICH A LBIAN CHARACTER, AMERI CHAVEZ (XOCHL GOMEZ), ACKNOWLEDG HER “TWO MOMS.” ALSABHAN TOLD THE OUTLET THAT SCE HOMOSEXUALY IS ILLEGAL THE REGN, “’S VERY TOUGH TO PASS” A SCENE LIKE THIS THROUGH THE CENSORS.THOUGH HE DISPUTED A HOLLYWOOD REPORTER PIECE PUBLISHED FRIDAY THAT CLAIMED THE SAM RAIMI–DIRECTED SEQUEL HAD BEEN OUTRIGHT BANNED OM RELEASE, ALSABHAN’S NIAL SEEMS TO HGE ON DISNEY SLASHG THE SCENE QUTN. “THERE’S NO REASON TO BAN THE FILM,” HE SAID. “IT’S A SIMPLE ED…SO FAR THEY HAVE REFED. BUT WE HAVEN’T CLOSED THE DOOR.” TICKETS TO THE FILM, WHICH HS U.S. THEATERS ON MAY 6, ARE STILL ON SALE THE UNED ARAB EMIRAT, SUGGTG THAT S RELEASE THAT AREA WILL BE UNAFFECTED.THE MIDDLE EAST HAS A LONG HISTORY OF BARRG FILMS THAT CLU GAY THEM. MARVEL’S ETERNALS RECEIVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SIAR BAN THE GULF OVER CLN OF A SAME-SEX KISS LAST NOVEMBER. AS NOTED BY THR, WT SI STORY WAS ALSO PROHIBED FOR PICTG THE EXPERIENCE OF A TRANSGENR CHARACTER. THIS HOMOPHOBIC CENSORSHIP APPLI TO ANIMATED CHARACTERS TOO. IN 2020, PIXAR CLUD S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER, SPECTER—A CYCLOPS POLICE OFFICER VOICED BY LENA WAHE— THE FILM ONWARD. AS REPORTED BY VARIETY, HOWEVER, SPECTER’S QUEERNS WAS ACKNOWLEDGED ONLY WH A SGLE LE: “IT’S NOT EASY BEG A NEW PARENT—MY GIRLIEND’S DGHTER GOT ME PULLG MY HAIR OUT, OKAY?” HOWEVER TAME, GOT THE FILM BANNED SDI ARABIA, KUWA, OMAN, AND QATAR. ADDNALLY, THE WORD GIRLIEND WAS SWCHED TO PARTNER FOR THE FILM’S RSIAN RELEASE, ACRDG TO THE OUTLET.DISNEY IS CURRENTLY THE NSERVATIVE CROSS FIR FOR SPEAKG OUT AGAST FLORIDA’S NTROVERSIAL “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL AFTER RECEIVG BACKLASH OM S EMPLOYE AND THE WORLD AT LARGE FOR IALLY STAYG SILENT.MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIR— THE “HOT MS” DUCHS AT THE CENTER OF A ’60S SEX SNDAL— JTICE FOR GIRLS: LOOKG BACK ON THE SHOW 10 YEARS LATER— THE JOHNNY DEPP–AMBER HEARD TRIAL: HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?— AMANDA SEYIED WANTS TO REPRISE HER ROLE AS ELIZABETH HOLM— HOW THE CAST OF THIS IS US WON EQUAL PAY— WILL SMH BANNED FROM THE OSRS FOR 10 YEARS AFTER THE SLAP— NETFLIX’S THE ULTIMATUM OFFERS A SADISTIC TWIST ON REALY ROMANCE— FROM THE ARCHIVE: HOW DAVID ZASLAV BEME AMERI’S KG OF CONTENT— SIGN UP FOR THE “HWD DAILY” NEWSLETTER FOR MT-READ DTRY AND AWARDS VERAGE—PL A SPECIAL WEEKLY EDN OF “AWARDS INSIR.”MOST POPULARPRCE HARRY AND MEGHAN MARKLE’S HEART OF INVICT NETFLIX DOC GETS A TRAILER AND RELEASE DATEBY KASE WICKMANMILLIE BOBBY BROWN IS READY FOR THE END OF STRANGER THGSBY CHRIS MURPHYAND JT LIKE THAT… PREPAR FOR ITS LAST SUPPERBY CHRIS MURPHYSAVANNAH WALSH

Sdi Arabia’s cema classifitn board is disputg reports that the upg Marvel tentpole “Doctor Strange the Multiverse of Madns” has been banned the untry due to a gay character played by Xochl Gomez. In the regn, movi ncerng or ntag sex, homosexualy and relig issu are routely cut to ply wh censorship l.

DOCTOR STRANGE 2: BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH BREAKS SILENCE ON LGBTQ+ 12-SEND GAY REFERENCE BAN

Last year’s Marvel tentpole “Eternals” was banned the regn due to a scene featurg a gay more Hollywood tentpol cludg LGBTQ ntent, studs are beg forced to eher make eds to their movi or risk beg banned certa global terrori.

Ma headl earlier this month after agreed to remove gay referenc om “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” orr to secure a release Cha. To note, homosexualy is officially illegal across the Gulf, and films that feature LGBTQ+ them or characters are often censored.