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- BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY: ALL THREE MUT OF THE FILM’S GAY SCEN CENSORED CHATHE QUEEN BPIC WAS FALLY RELEASED CHE THEATERS, BUT REFERENC TO FREDDIE MERCURY’S SEXUALY DIDN’T MAKE THE CUT.BY YOHANA DTAMARCH 26, 2019COURTY OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATN.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEBOHEMIAN RHAPSODY HAS BEEN CENSORED CHA, MUCH TO THE ANNOYANCE OF SOME CHE THEATERGOERS. ACRDG TO THE NEW YORK TIM, THE QUEEN BPIC H THEATERS THE UNTRY LAST WEEKEND, BUT WAS AN ALTERED VERSN THAT OMTED REFERENC TO LEAD SGER FREDDIE MERCURY’S SEXUALY. PER THE TIM, THOSE REFERENC CLU THE SCENE WHERE MERCURY, WHO WAS BISEXUAL, DISCS HIS SEXUALY WH HIS FIANCéE, AND THE SCENE THAT TRODUC MERCURY’S FUTURE PARTNER, JIM HUTTON. IN ADDN, A SCENE WHERE QUEEN PERFORMS WOMEN’S CLOTHG HAS BEEN OMTED. ALL ALL, THE CHE VERSN OF THE FILM IS ABOUT THREE MUT SHORTER THAN THE ORIGAL RELEASE.OTHER TWEAKS WERE MA, THE TIM NOT. IN THE SCENE WHERE MERCURY REVEALS HE HAS AIDS TO HIS BANDMAT, THE DIALOGUE WAS SILENCED AND NO SUBTL WERE PROVID. MERCURY LATER DIED OF BRONCHOPNMONIA RULTG OM AIDS. A SPOKMAN FOR TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX, THE STUD BEHD THE FILM, TOLD THE TIM THE PANY HAD NO MENT ON THE CENSORED RELEASE OF BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY CHA.CENSORSHIP OF HOLLYWOOD FILMS IS FAIRLY MON CHA. THE MOST EXTREME RECENT EXAMPLE WAS THE UNTRY BANNG THE WNIE THE POOH FILM CHRISTOPHER ROB, LIKELY BEE POOH HAS BEEN ED AS A SYMBOL OF THE RISTANCE BY CHE ACTIVISTS. STILL, THE CHE THEATERGOG DIENCE IS A LUCRATIVE ONE FOR HOLLYWOOD, SO STUDS TYPILLY YIELD TO THE CENSORS.BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY WAS A MASSIVE BOX-OFFICE H, STARRG RAMI MALEK AS THE BAND’S LATE, GREAT LEAD SGER. MALEK WENT ON TO W A BT-ACTOR OSR FOR HIS PERFORMANCE. HE DITED HIS SPEECH LARGELY TO MERCURY, SAYG, “WE MA A FILM ABOUT A GAY MAN, AN IMMIGRANT, WHO LIVED HIS LIFE JT UNAPOLOGETILLY HIMSELF.” THAT, APPARENTLY, WAS TOO MUCH FOR CHE CENSORS; THE MASSIVE MEDIA PLATFORM MANGO TV REPLACED “GAY MAN” WH “SPECIAL GROUP” SUBTL, THE TIM NOT.WHILE THE CENSORSHIP IS G TRATN AMONG CHE VIEWERS, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY WAS CRICIZED UPON S STATI RELEASE FOR FAILG TO RPECTFULLY EXPLORE AND CELEBRATE MERCURY’S SEXUALY. THE BPIC ALSO DRASTILLY MIMIZED THE SUPERSTAR SGER’S RELATNSHIP WH HUTTON, WHO WAS HIS PARTNER FOR SEVEN YEARS, UNTIL MERCURY’S ATH 1991.MORE GREAT STORI OM VANY FAIR— “I WILL GET YOUR CHILD TO LLEGE.” INSI RICK SGER’S PCH TO L.A. PARENTS.— THE WAR THAT ULD TRANSFORM—OR TEAR APART—HOLLYWOOD— “I AM A FAT LADY, AND I SERVE RPECT”: LDY WT ON HULU’S SHRILL— WHY JORDAN PEELE MIGHT NOT WANT YOU TO TOTALLY UNRSTAND USLOOKG FOR MORE? SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY HOLLYWOOD NEWSLETTER AND NEVER MISS A STORY.JAY-Z, TA KNOWL, ANGELA BASSETT AND MORE TOAST 20 YEARS OF DEFG THE SOUL OF BLACK ART1 / 19CHEVRONCHEVRONPHOTOGRAPH BY ROGER KISBY.TA KNOWL AND MARK BRADFORDMOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYYOHANA DTA
- CHA CENSORED THE GAY SCEN FROM BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
- BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY OPENS CHA, M ALL THE GAY BS
- MALAYSIA CUTS BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY GAY SCEN & CHANG RATG
- ‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY’ EDED MALAYSIA DUE TO GAY SCENDAVE LIFTONDAVE LIFTONPUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 12, 2018KEYSTONE, GETTY IMAGSHARETWEETAPPROXIMATELY 24 MUT OF BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN CUT FOR S MALAYSIAN DIENCE. THE MALAYSIAN FILM CENSORSHIP BOARD REMOVED NTENT OM THE QUEEN BPIC THAT VOLVE ONTMAN FREDDIE MERCURY'S SEXUALY ACRDANCE WH THE NATN'S STRICT LAWS AGAST HOMOSEXUALY.ACRDG TO THE MALAY MAIL, THE EDS RANGE OM THE SCENE WHERE MERCURY (RAMI MALEK) TELLS FIANCEE MARY AT (LUCY BOYNTON) THAT HE IS BISEXUAL TO ONE ALG WH THE VIO FOR "I WANT TO BREAK FREE," WHERE THE BAND IS DRSED DRAG. FANS ARE ARGUG THAT THOSE CUTS GREATLY AFFECTED THE PLOT, AND THEY ANNOUNCED THEIR DISPLEASURE ON TWTER.HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH SAYS THAT DISCRIMATN AGAST LGBT PEOPLE MALAYSIA IS "PERVASIVE" AND THAT S SHARIA-FLUENCED LAW PROHIBS SAME-SEX RELATNS AND CROSS-DRSG. HOWEVER, THEY ALSO NOTE THAT 2017 THE HEALTH MISTRY REWORD LANGUAGE OM A YOUTH VIO PETN THAT APPEARED TO AFFIRM LGBT INTI STEAD OF STIGMATIZG THEM.THIS IS JT THE LATT NTROVERSY SURROUNDG THE PORTRAYAL OF MERCURY'S PERSONAL LIFE THE FILM. WHEN THE MOVIE'S FIRST TRAILER FOCED ON MERCURY'S HISTORY WH AT, WHILE ONLY VOTG THREE AM TO HIS RELATNSHIP WH A MAN, PRODUCER AND WRER BRYAN FULLER ACCED THE PRODUCTN OF "HETWASHG" – A TERM ED TO NOTE THE CHANGG OF A GAY CHARACTER TO A STRAIGHT ONE FOR MARKETG PURPOS. FULLER ALSO TOOK EXCEPTN TO THE MOVIE'S OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS, WHICH SAID MERCURY DIED OF A "LIFE-THREATENG ILLNS," WHOUT SPECIFYG THAT HE NTRACTED AIDS VIA GAY SEX.DPE THAT, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY NTU TO PERFORM WELL AT THE BOX OFFICE, EARNG MORE $100 LN THE U.S. AFTER ONLY 10 DAYS. THAT MAK THE THIRD-MOST SUCCSFUL MIC-RELATED BPIC AMERIN CEMA HISTORY, AFTER 2015'S STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON ($161.2 LN) AND 2005'S WALK THE LE ($119.5 LN). WORLDWI GROSS FOR BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY IS CURRENTLY AT $285 LN.UPDATE: MALAYSIA'S GOLN SCREEN CEMAS IS NYG THE AMOUNT OF EDG DONE TO THE MOVIE. "THE NTIME FOR #BOHEMIANRHAPSODY MALAYSIA IS 131 MUT," THEY WROTE ON FACEBOOK. "THE NTIME THE US IS 134 MUT. SO 'S DEFINITELY NOT 20 MINUTES CUT. SO (FILL THE BLANK), GET THE FACTS RIGHT. LOVE, #GSCADM." THEY ADD THE MENTS THAT WAS THE MALAYSIAN FILM CENSORSHIP BOARD THAT WAS RPONSIBLE FOR THE CENSORSHIP, NOT THE CEMA PANY.
- CHE CENSORS ED OUT EVERY SGLE GAY SCENE BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY: ALL THREE MUT OF THE FILM’S GAY SCEN CENSORED CHATHE QUEEN BPIC WAS FALLY RELEASED CHE THEATERS, BUT REFERENC TO FREDDIE MERCURY’S SEXUALY DIDN’T MAKE THE CUT.BY YOHANA DTAMARCH 26, 2019COURTY OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATN.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEBOHEMIAN RHAPSODY HAS BEEN CENSORED CHA, MUCH TO THE ANNOYANCE OF SOME CHE THEATERGOERS. ACRDG TO THE NEW YORK TIM, THE QUEEN BPIC H THEATERS THE UNTRY LAST WEEKEND, BUT WAS AN ALTERED VERSN THAT OMTED REFERENC TO LEAD SGER FREDDIE MERCURY’S SEXUALY. PER THE TIM, THOSE REFERENC CLU THE SCENE WHERE MERCURY, WHO WAS BISEXUAL, DISCS HIS SEXUALY WH HIS FIANCéE, AND THE SCENE THAT TRODUC MERCURY’S FUTURE PARTNER, JIM HUTTON. IN ADDN, A SCENE WHERE QUEEN PERFORMS WOMEN’S CLOTHG HAS BEEN OMTED. ALL ALL, THE CHE VERSN OF THE FILM IS ABOUT THREE MUT SHORTER THAN THE ORIGAL RELEASE.OTHER TWEAKS WERE MA, THE TIM NOT. IN THE SCENE WHERE MERCURY REVEALS HE HAS AIDS TO HIS BANDMAT, THE DIALOGUE WAS SILENCED AND NO SUBTL WERE PROVID. MERCURY LATER DIED OF BRONCHOPNMONIA RULTG OM AIDS. A SPOKMAN FOR TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX, THE STUD BEHD THE FILM, TOLD THE TIM THE PANY HAD NO MENT ON THE CENSORED RELEASE OF BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY CHA.CENSORSHIP OF HOLLYWOOD FILMS IS FAIRLY MON CHA. THE MOST EXTREME RECENT EXAMPLE WAS THE UNTRY BANNG THE WNIE THE POOH FILM CHRISTOPHER ROB, LIKELY BEE POOH HAS BEEN ED AS A SYMBOL OF THE RISTANCE BY CHE ACTIVISTS. STILL, THE CHE THEATERGOG DIENCE IS A LUCRATIVE ONE FOR HOLLYWOOD, SO STUDS TYPILLY YIELD TO THE CENSORS.BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY WAS A MASSIVE BOX-OFFICE H, STARRG RAMI MALEK AS THE BAND’S LATE, GREAT LEAD SGER. MALEK WENT ON TO W A BT-ACTOR OSR FOR HIS PERFORMANCE. HE DITED HIS SPEECH LARGELY TO MERCURY, SAYG, “WE MA A FILM ABOUT A GAY MAN, AN IMMIGRANT, WHO LIVED HIS LIFE JT UNAPOLOGETILLY HIMSELF.” THAT, APPARENTLY, WAS TOO MUCH FOR CHE CENSORS; THE MASSIVE MEDIA PLATFORM MANGO TV REPLACED “GAY MAN” WH “SPECIAL GROUP” SUBTL, THE TIM NOT.WHILE THE CENSORSHIP IS G TRATN AMONG CHE VIEWERS, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY WAS CRICIZED UPON S STATI RELEASE FOR FAILG TO RPECTFULLY EXPLORE AND CELEBRATE MERCURY’S SEXUALY. THE BPIC ALSO DRASTILLY MIMIZED THE SUPERSTAR SGER’S RELATNSHIP WH HUTTON, WHO WAS HIS PARTNER FOR SEVEN YEARS, UNTIL MERCURY’S ATH 1991.MORE GREAT STORI OM VANY FAIR— “I WILL GET YOUR CHILD TO LLEGE.” INSI RICK SGER’S PCH TO L.A. PARENTS.— THE WAR THAT ULD TRANSFORM—OR TEAR APART—HOLLYWOOD— “I AM A FAT LADY, AND I SERVE RPECT”: LDY WT ON HULU’S SHRILL— WHY JORDAN PEELE MIGHT NOT WANT YOU TO TOTALLY UNRSTAND USLOOKG FOR MORE? SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY HOLLYWOOD NEWSLETTER AND NEVER MISS A STORY.JAY-Z, TA KNOWL, ANGELA BASSETT AND MORE TOAST 20 YEARS OF DEFG THE SOUL OF BLACK ART1 / 19CHEVRONCHEVRONPHOTOGRAPH BY ROGER KISBY.TA KNOWL AND MARK BRADFORDMOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYYOHANA DTA
He dited his speech largely to Mercury, sayg, “We ma a film about a gay man, an immigrant, who lived his life jt unapologetilly himself. ” That, apparently, was too much for Che censors; the massive media platform Mango TV replaced “gay man” wh “special group” subtl, the Tim the censorship is g tratn among Che viewers, Bohemian Rhapsody was cricized upon s stati release for failg to rpectfully explore and celebrate Mercury’s sexualy. " The official said their censorship did not jt apply to gay ntent.
"We ma a film about a gay man, an immigrant, who lived his life jt unapologetilly himself, " Malek said his speech acceptg his Osr, addg that his w was "proof that we're longg for stori like this. This moment is one of several Bohemian Rhapsody that almost giv you a glimpse of the profound paradox of gay life before and durg the AIDS crisis, when queer culture, subversive and life-embracg, built self triumphantly at the edg of a society that refed to legimize queer inty even as gleefully exploed queer entertaers like Freddie Mercury. The rult is far more hurtful than your average unnscly homophobic film.
Bohemian Rhapsody is a movie that nscly tri to posn a gay man at s center while strategilly disengagg wh the “gay” part as much as n, fltg briefly over his emotnal and sexual experienc and fixatg on his platonic relatnship wh an ex-girliend stead. It tak a hell of a lot of work to make a queerphobic film about one of the greatt queer ins history, but even though Bohemian Rhapsody was sort-of directed by Bryan Sger, who himself is openly gay, the movie somehow retreads queerphobic stereotyp stead of givg a fascatg, plex look at a real gay man. It also builds a whole annoyg subplot around the “predatory gay villa” trope, which is a tired, obnox cliché that Bohemian Rhapsody is even more problematic than ual bee ’s ed to imply that Mercury, a real-life gay man, was somehow rpted to beg queer by an opportunistic mic dtry parase who don’t really re about Freddie at all.
CHA CENSORED THE GAY SCEN FROM BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
And then, a few scen later, he haltgly nfs to his wife that he might be bisexual; she is the one who has to rm him, rponse, that he is gay. Bohemian Rhapsody also ref to pict gay men havg meangful and eply emotnal relatnships.
And the pictn of AIDS as a punishment for gayns, which has found voice everythg om doomsday preachers to Stephen Kg novels, has historilly ntributed to the aths of lns by creatg a huge stigma around the disease, makg difficult for rearchers to ga public support the fight for the cure and g nsirable obstacl for many who are diagnosed to receive equable treatment. After they break up — bee Mercury is gay — Mercury p for At. Bohemian Rhapsody has to al wh the very real aspects of Mercury’s life, but don’t know how to, bee that way li homosexualy.
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY OPENS CHA, M ALL THE GAY BS
The effect of this is that the film strongly impli that Mercury chose to be gay, to surround himself wh other queer people, at the risk of losg his “te” iends, his “fay. It perpetually relegat queer inty to the celluloid closet and then is baffled when queer people wd up intifyg wh horror film villas and wrg fanfictn that rests straight characters as gay.
But Cha, a scene of two men kissg, the word “gay, ” and a clip of the ma character drsed women’s clothg were removed, acrdg to CNN.
MALAYSIA CUTS BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY GAY SCEN & CHANG RATG
As the relatnship begs to terrate, Mercury tells At that he thks he might be bi-sexual, to which she rponds, “No Freddie, you are gay.
“Rather than homophobic, I thk (Cha’s censors) are sexphobic, ” LGBTQ activist and documentary filmmaker Fan Popo told CNN. One Che broadster ed uproar on Che social media when censored Rami Malek’s Bt Actor Osr acceptance speech, changg “gay man” to “special group” the subtl.
Although attus toward homosexualy are slowly changg Cha, LGBTQ ntent is still routely censored on mastream Che media. Image source, 20th Century Fox/New RegencyImage ptn, Bohemian Rhapsody has been released Cha wh referenc to homosexualy eded outOsr-wng Freddie Mercury bpic Bohemian Rhapsody was released Cha on Friday, but referenc to the Queen sger's sexualy and AIDS diagnosis were censored. Several mut of footage were eded out of the film, cludg scen of two men kissg and the word "gay" has been signifint reactn to the film's release onle.
‘BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY’ EDED MALAYSIA DUE TO GAY SCENDAVE LIFTONDAVE LIFTONPUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 12, 2018KEYSTONE, GETTY IMAGSHARETWEETAPPROXIMATELY 24 MUT OF BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN CUT FOR S MALAYSIAN DIENCE. THE MALAYSIAN FILM CENSORSHIP BOARD REMOVED NTENT OM THE QUEEN BPIC THAT VOLVE ONTMAN FREDDIE MERCURY'S SEXUALY ACRDANCE WH THE NATN'S STRICT LAWS AGAST HOMOSEXUALY.ACRDG TO THE MALAY MAIL, THE EDS RANGE OM THE SCENE WHERE MERCURY (RAMI MALEK) TELLS FIANCEE MARY AT (LUCY BOYNTON) THAT HE IS BISEXUAL TO ONE ALG WH THE VIO FOR "I WANT TO BREAK FREE," WHERE THE BAND IS DRSED DRAG. FANS ARE ARGUG THAT THOSE CUTS GREATLY AFFECTED THE PLOT, AND THEY ANNOUNCED THEIR DISPLEASURE ON TWTER.HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH SAYS THAT DISCRIMATN AGAST LGBT PEOPLE MALAYSIA IS "PERVASIVE" AND THAT S SHARIA-FLUENCED LAW PROHIBS SAME-SEX RELATNS AND CROSS-DRSG. HOWEVER, THEY ALSO NOTE THAT 2017 THE HEALTH MISTRY REWORD LANGUAGE OM A YOUTH VIO PETN THAT APPEARED TO AFFIRM LGBT INTI STEAD OF STIGMATIZG THEM.THIS IS JT THE LATT NTROVERSY SURROUNDG THE PORTRAYAL OF MERCURY'S PERSONAL LIFE THE FILM. WHEN THE MOVIE'S FIRST TRAILER FOCED ON MERCURY'S HISTORY WH AT, WHILE ONLY VOTG THREE AM TO HIS RELATNSHIP WH A MAN, PRODUCER AND WRER BRYAN FULLER ACCED THE PRODUCTN OF "HETWASHG" – A TERM ED TO NOTE THE CHANGG OF A GAY CHARACTER TO A STRAIGHT ONE FOR MARKETG PURPOS. FULLER ALSO TOOK EXCEPTN TO THE MOVIE'S OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS, WHICH SAID MERCURY DIED OF A "LIFE-THREATENG ILLNS," WHOUT SPECIFYG THAT HE NTRACTED AIDS VIA GAY SEX.DPE THAT, BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY NTU TO PERFORM WELL AT THE BOX OFFICE, EARNG MORE $100 LN THE U.S. AFTER ONLY 10 DAYS. THAT MAK THE THIRD-MOST SUCCSFUL MIC-RELATED BPIC AMERIN CEMA HISTORY, AFTER 2015'S STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON ($161.2 LN) AND 2005'S WALK THE LE ($119.5 LN). WORLDWI GROSS FOR BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY IS CURRENTLY AT $285 LN.UPDATE: MALAYSIA'S GOLN SCREEN CEMAS IS NYG THE AMOUNT OF EDG DONE TO THE MOVIE. "THE NTIME FOR #BOHEMIANRHAPSODY MALAYSIA IS 131 MUT," THEY WROTE ON FACEBOOK. "THE NTIME THE US IS 134 MUT. SO 'S DEFINITELY NOT 20 MINUTES CUT. SO (FILL THE BLANK), GET THE FACTS RIGHT. LOVE, #GSCADM." THEY ADD THE MENTS THAT WAS THE MALAYSIAN FILM CENSORSHIP BOARD THAT WAS RPONSIBLE FOR THE CENSORSHIP, NOT THE CEMA PANY.
"Why is necsary to lete gay-related ntent? Homosexualy has been legal Cha for more than two s and the Che Society of Psychiatry removed om the untry's classifitn of mental disorrs 2001. Gay ntent is equently removed or censored by Che media anx to ensure Febary, broadster Mango TV's Osrs verage was heavily cricised after amend a reference to homosexualy the acceptance speech of Rami Malek, who plays Freddie Mercury Bohemian Rhapsody.
The head of Malaysia's censorship board, Mohd Zamberi Abdul Aziz, has nfirmed that the untry has cut out all gay scen om Bohemian Rhapsody.
It is agast the law to have homosexual relatns the untry, and Abdul Aziz had no problem explag why they cut the scen out of the Queen bpic. Another scene removed was the post cred scene which stated Freddie Mercury and Jim Hutton lived a happy life bee showed that they were a gay relatnship...
CHE CENSORS ED OUT EVERY SGLE GAY SCENE BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Bohemian Rhapsody was recently cleared to be screened the untry after the gay scen were removed. Disney's live-actn Bety and the Beast recently me unr fire for cludg an openly gay character Malaysia, which led to a temporary ban.
The untry offers gay nversn therapy, and claims that they have "cured" nearly 1, 500 people sce they started the practice. " Bohemian Rhapsody tells the story of one of the biggt rock bands on the pla, but all of the gay scen had to be cut to satisfy the Malaysian ernment.
The Malaysian Film Censorship Board removed ntent om the Queen bpic that volve ontman Freddie Mercury's sexualy acrdance wh the natn's strict laws agast homosexualy.