Results: "Wonder Woman" Banned In Lebanon
Published on 06/14/2017
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"Wonder Woman" hit the silver screen this past weekend. But not in Lebanon. The film will not be shown in the country following a decision by the Ministry of Economy and Trade, which said in a statement that it has "taken all necessary action" to ban the film starring "the Israeli actress Gal Gadot." The theater chain Grand Cinemas confirmed the news to customers: "#WonderWoman has been banned in #Lebanon," it tweeted. The reason? Wonder Woman is played by Gadot, an Israeli who served in the country's defense forces. Lebanon and Israel have been fighting for decades. The most recent major confrontation was in 2006, when Israel sent ground troops across the border and launched air strikes after two Israeli soldiers were killed and three were kidnapped. Around 1,000 Lebanese were killed in the violence. Lebanon bans the purchase of Israeli products and its citizens are not allowed to travel there. What is your opinion on this?
It's their country, their rules
32%
612 votes
This is an example of censorship for religious and racial reasons
23%
440 votes
Why don't they ban every single movie, book, song, etc that is done by a Jewish artist/musician then?
9%
172 votes
Not my place to say
21%
410 votes
Unsure
15%
299 votes
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Lebanon tried banning "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice"(Gadot was also in that), but the movie was shown there. A petition is now circulating to bring "Wonder Woman" to the country. It is not the first time a movie was banned outside of North America. Here are some that were banned and why. Which did you see?
"The Departed "-- was banned in China because [filmmakers] declined to change a plot line in describing how Beijing wanted to buy advanced military computer hardware
16%
311 votes
"Schindler's List" -- was banned in multiple Arab and Islamic countries citing the reasons from "propaganda with the purpose of asking for sympathy" to nudity. The countries include Indonesia, Lebanon, Malaysia, and more.
36%
695 votes
"The Hunger Games" -- Thailand and Vietnam banned the movie, not wanting to support something showing little kids battling it out to the death. T
29%
563 votes
"Zoolander" -- banned in Malyasia because of a plot line about a fashion model who is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
19%
359 votes
"Back to the Future" -- banned in China due to a policy to ban TV shows and movies showing time travel!
40%
778 votes
None of them
40%
768 votes
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How about these?
"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" -- banned initially by Kazakhstan, because of Borat doing a spoof of their national anthem.
19%
369 votes
"The Exorcist" -- banned in England because England's censorship rules had a huge restriction against the movie under the Video Recording Act 1984.
35%
684 votes
"Brokeback Mountain" -- China and Malaysia banned the film due to the subject of homosexuality
23%
449 votes
"300" -- Iran banned the film because they believed it was "hurtful American propaganda."
16%
308 votes
None
45%
879 votes
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Of course the U.S. and Canada has banned movies too, usually for excessive senseless violence. How many of these movies banned -- either initially or still --have you seen?
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
7%
144 votes
Scarface (1932)
23%
449 votes
I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
6%
114 votes
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
12%
223 votes
Fat Girl (2001)
3%
67 votes
Caligula (1979)
9%
167 votes
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
2%
34 votes
None
60%
1163 votes
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