HOLLYWOOD LEFTIST HYPOCRITES - ROTFLMAO!
http://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2022/04/13/ben-shapiro-calls-out-warner-bros-for-its-dont-say-gay-policy-in-china/
Variety is reporting that the new Harry Potter prequel film, “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” is getting an edit for Chinese audiences that eliminates the gay relationship between Albus Dumbledore and his rival, Gellert Grindelwald:
Variety (@Variety) ~ References to a gay relationship were edited out of “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” by Warner Bros. for the film’s release in China. http://bit.ly/3uv0T9k
In other words, this is a “Don’t Say Gay” policy:
Accuracy In Media (@AccuracyInMedia) ~ Replying to @Variety So ... a Don't Say Gay policy?
And we mean that literally:
Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) ~ So, an **actual** "don't say gay" policy?
UH OH ... somebody needs to call Disney!!!
What freaking “cowards”:
Cranky Gordon (@StillCrankyAF) ~ Replying to @Variety [i]Now the cowards can't say "gay." GAY!
For those not familiar with the backstory here, the relationship is an important part of this film. From The Independent:
When Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) implies that Dumbledore (Jude Law) promised he’d be by his side, he replies: “It’s because I was in love with you.”
In the Harry Potter books, it was hinted that a romantic relationship existed between the two characters and author JK Rowling later confirmed that Dumbledore was gay.
Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) ~ Their principles extend precisely as far as their bank accounts. Which is why Americans should push back on their injection of garbage social values into entertainment by taking their money elsewhere.
We just had a bunch of jokes at the Oscars about the bill and Florida. Will those hypocrites call this censorship out from their own industry?
Insolent Puppy (@Insolent_Puppy) ~ Apparently "Don't say gay" is a Hollywood thing, not a Florida thing.
We expect not. Gotta get that sweet, sweet box office cash from China:
Georgia Log Cabin (@GeorgiaLogCabin) ~ Hollywood kowtows to communist China's actual "don't say gay" repression.
Warner Bros. is attempting to spin it as just two lines of dialogue getting removed:
Variety (@Variety) ~ Two lines were removed from the film that alluded to the romantic past between male characters Dumbledore (Jude Law) and Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen). “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling revealed Dumbledore was gay in 2009. http://bit.ly/3uv0T9k
“The rest of the film remained intact,” Variety reported:
Variety (@Variety) ~ Warner Bros. agreed to China's request to remove the lines “because I was in love with you” and “the summer Gellert and I fell in love” from “The Secrets of Dumbledore” release in China. The rest of the film remained intact.
http://bit.ly/3uv0T9k
A statement from Warner Bros. called the edits to appease China a “nuanced cuts in order to respond sensitively to a variety of in-market factors”:
Variety (@Variety) ~ “As a studio, we’re committed to safeguarding the integrity of every film we release, and that extends to circumstances that necessitate making nuanced cuts in order to respond sensitively to a variety of in-market factors,” Warner Bros. told Variety.
http://variety.com/2022/film/news/fantastic-beasts-3-gay-dialogue-removed-warner-bros-explains-1235230373/
And Warner Bros. says “the spirit of the film remains intact”:
Variety (@Variety) ~ “In the case of ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,’ a six-second cut was requested and Warner Bros. accepted those changes to comply with local requirements but the spirit of the film remains intact,” the statement added.
In other words, here they’re admitting they put money ahead of their principles — just like Ben Shapiro said they did:
Variety (@Variety) ~ The statement concludes, “We want audiences everywhere in the world to see and enjoy this film, and it’s important to us that Chinese audiences have the opportunity to experience it as well, even with these minor edits.”
http://bit.ly/3uv0T9k
WAFFLE! WAFFLE! WAFFLE!
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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