Who would have thought that even the movie Barbie would be offensive and politically incorrect.
In the Western world, the buzz about the movie Barbie, which is expected to premiere this month, is getting stronger every day, but not in Vietnam. The film has been banned there. Reason?! The film is politically incorrect with the country in question.
According to Spiegel, Barbie points in one of the film’s scenes to what is known as the U-shaped “nine-dash line” used on Chinese maps to illustrate China’s claims over vast areas of the South China Sea that are rich in resources, including parts of what Vietnam considers its continental shelf.
This is not the first time Vietnam has banned a film for the same reason. The Tom Holland action film Uncharted was also banned last year for the same reason.
In 2021, eight episodes of the Netflix series “Pine Gap” were banned for the same reason. Next but not the last apparently is the film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling that was slated to open in theaters across Southeast Asia on July 21.
“Barbie” tells the story of Barbie and Ken dolls, who are very happy in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbieland, until they are “transported” to the real world. Everything changes there.
