Marvel’s most recent installment Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has been banned in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar.
The reason according to The Hollywood Reporters is that the
film has a gay character America Chavez, who also features in the comics.
Since homosexuality is illegal in the Islamic countries in the Middle East, the
film didn’t get the approval of the censor board.
Previously films such as Eternals and West Side Story were banned
in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and Kuwait.
Marvel’s Eternals had a gay character with a major role. The film also depicted two male characters sharing a kiss and a gay couple adopting a child. In West Side Story the character Anybody’s was written as transgender in the new adaptation and played by nonbinary actor Iris Menas.
In China, streaming platforms censored the running lesbian plotline in the TV series
"Friends" All mentions of the homosexuality of one
of the series' main character Ross’s wife was expunged. Also in
China, the film "Bohemian Rhapsody" about the British rockstar Freddie
Mercury was released with two minutes of LGBTQ content removed.
So how did the dogmatically pro-LGBTQ Hollywood, particularly Disney
which owns Marvel react to these bans?
They have chosen a path of silence and placed business interests above LGBTQ rights.
It is not just movie bans, LGBTQ behavior is punishable by lashes, and prolonged prison sentences in Muslim countries such as Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait,
Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia Syria, Egypt, and
Bahrain. China's record on LGBT rights also isn't stellar.
Hollywood also relentlessly talks about its compassion for minorities groups. They donated to BLM and even bailed out BLM rioters to show their commitment.
Human rights groups believe China has detained more than one
million Uyghur Muslims over the past few years in a large
network of state "re-education camps", and sentenced
hundreds of thousands to prison terms.
Countries such as Kuwait Lebanon, Qatar, Jordan, Tunisia, and
other Islamic countries in the Middle East and North Africa have consistently
banned films starring actress Gal Gadot because she is Jewish and Israeli.
Hollywood once again hasn't uttered a syllable against these blatant acts of religious discrimination and human rights violations. The business continues as normal.
After Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, Hollywood studios
such as Disney, Warner Bros, Universal, Sony Pictures, and Paramount stopped
releasing new films in Russia.
Also, when Florida passed a Bill that limits classroom indoctrination on “sexual
orientation or gender identity” for very young children, Disney went ballistic.
Disney CEO Bob Chapek was attacked for not speaking up and employees
staged a walkout in protest.
In reaction, Disney vowed to donate $5 million to organizations,
including the Human Rights Campaign, that works to protect LGBT rights.
Executives are holding town hall meetings on how to better serve the LGBT
community in the future.
Pixar employees asked their parent company Disney “take a decisive public
stand” against the legislation and reinstated a same-sex
kiss in the upcoming Pixar film “Lightyear” that was previously removed.
Disney proclaimed that they “are dedicated to standing up for
the rights and safety of LGBTQ+ members of the Disney family, as well as the
LGBTQ+”
Alas, no such proclamations for LGBTQ people in Muslim nations
and China where there is real discrimination.
The truth is, like most modern liberals, Hollywood’s sole aim is reaping profits.
They attack Donald Trump or Republicans in Florida because they know there isn’t any real threat. Neither Trump nor the GOP is
going to ban their movies or hurt them financially in any way. In fact, their relentless
virtue signaling may give them some easy publicity which means higher ticket
sales.
The reason Hollywood claims to care for LGBT rights is that the LGBT advocacy organizations have for years become pressure groups that follow the ‘donate generously else you are a bigot” business model. These are similar to criminals or to corrupt officials who collect protection money
Most in Hollywood, post a rainbow flag on social media and donate generously just to appease the monster and appear to be 'the good ones'. An identical business model has been applied by BLM. The result is both BLM and LGBT groups are wealthy and powerful, the equivalent of rich corporate houses, except they are earning profits without selling products.
Even for the Florida situation, a part of the compromise was Disney pledging to pay $5 million to LGBT organizations. Money is, was, and always will be the core aim behind these manufactured ruckuses. These groups know they can rely on cowardly or compromised business leaders to capitulate with ease.
Like most businesses, LGBT organizations know where their customer base exists i.e. who can be pressured to donate their millions. When it comes to Islamic Countries and China they know they do not stand a chance. So they stay mum and neither do they pressure Hollywood to act.
For Hollywood, China and various Islamic Nations means hundreds
of billions of dollars, so human rights concerns are placed in the backseat.
We should never ever take the empty utterances from Hollywood seriously. They should from now be known as Hollowood.
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