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'Barbie' Banned in Some Middle Eastern Countries

An outdoor screening of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie has been cancelled in a Paris suburb over threats the blockbuster “advocates homosexuality”. Indeed, director Greta Gerwig and her collaborators fill their billion-dollar blockbuster Barbiebuster? In fact, the Kens are more than just a little camp in general, from their incredibly colorful attire to the way they romp around Barbieland pantomiming that they're riding horses "Monty Python"-style.

Middle East countries move to ban ‘Barbie’ movie over LGBT+

Algeria banned Barbie three weeks after it was released in the country, on grounds that it “promotes homosexuality and other Western deviances,” according to an official source and the local. First released in at a New York Toy Fair, Barbie was created by Ruth Handler as an alternative to the mom and housewife-themed dolls that dominated the market at the time. The industry was less than enthusiastic about Barbie upon her debut, and experts doubted the doll would enjoy any long-term success — but Handler proved them all wrong.

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‘Barbie’ Banned in Kuwait, Accused of “Promoting

Kuwait has made the decision to have the new Barbie movie banned over accusations of "promoting homosexuality". .

Here’s every country where 'Barbie' has been banned

That being said, there's no explicitly sexual material in " Barbie," assuming the moment where two Kens give Gosling's Ken a peck on his (facial) cheeks during the "I'm Just Ken" musical number doesn't count. Nevertheless, the film has been unexpectedly banned in the countries Kuwait and Oman -- places that, according to the Los Angeles Times. .