Ted Cruz Torches ‘Barbie’ Movie For ‘Pushing Pro-Chinese Propaganda

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) takes the floor to criticize the new Barbie film for trying to ‘appease the Chinese Communist Party’ after Vietnam went so far as to ban the film over scenes that include a map showing Chinaclaims territory in the South China Sea.

the best trailer ever made let’s not forget #Barbiepic.twitter.com/GWL4kVWCvU

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Barbiewhich stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and was directed by Greta Gerwig, is set to hit theaters on July 21. However, the film was banned in Vietnam due to scenes featuring the controversial so-called nine-dash line.

A spokesperson for Cruz claimed Daily mail that the Barbie the film “pushes Chinese propaganda”.

“Senator Cruz has been fighting for years to prevent corporate America, especially Hollywood studios, from editing and censoring their content to appease the Chinese Communist Party,” the spokesperson said.

“China wants to control what Americans see, hear, and ultimately think, and they’re leveraging their huge movie markets to coerce corporate America into pushing CCP propaganda, much like how the movie Barbie seems to have done it with the card. Senator Cruz deserves credit for reversing these trends,” the spokesperson added.

The spokesperson went on to refer to legislation Cruz drafted and passed last year that prevents government cooperation on “films that engage in exactly this type of censorship.”

Warner Bros has defended the highly anticipated Barbie movie after Vietnam banned the film over a scene showing a map showing China’s unilateral claim to territory in the South China Sea, which it said was a “childish drawing ” and not intended to be a statement. pic.twitter.com/BNOtMNBi4M

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Prohibitions in Vietnam Barbie

This came after Vietnam was banned Barbie, indicating that the map representing the so-called nine-dash line of China is featured in several scenes. In Vietnam, all films must be approved by censors who filter out gratuitous violence, suggestive sex scenes or politically sensitive material.

“The film review board has looked at the film and made the decision to ban the screening of this film in Vietnam due to a violation regarding the ‘nine-dash line,'” the director of the film department said. of Vietnam, Vi Kien Thanh.

“We do not license American film Barbie to be published in Vietnam because it contains the offensive image of the nine-dash line,” Thanh said in another statement, according to CBS News.

China has been promoting the so-called nine-dash line in the South China Sea since the 1940s. This so-called line stretches off the Chinese island of Hainan and passes near the coast of Vietnam. Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam have all since claimed parts of the South China Sea, which straddle the nine-dash line.

Vietnam has banned the upcoming Barbie movie because one of the scenes shows a map of the disputed South China Sea.@errolbarnett explains what lies behind the controversy. pic.twitter.com/xYgf2oOvIH

—CBS News (@CBSNews) July 5, 2023

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The Philippines is also threatening to ban Barbie

The Philippines has also threatened to join Vietnam in banning Barbieif the nine-dash line is there.

“If the invalidated nine-dash line was well represented in the film Barbieit is then incumbent on the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board of the Philippines to prohibit that which denigrates Philippine sovereignty,” said Philippine Senator Francis Tolentino, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Tolentino went on to say that editing the offending scenes could be a “half-way” compromise for Philippine regulators and the film studio. If that were to happen, however, it would risk angering cinema regulators in China.

The Film and Television Review and Classification Board of the Philippines issued a brief statement on Thursday which read: “We confirm that the Board has reviewed the film Barbie today, 04 July 2023. Currently, the First Review Committee is deliberating on Warner Brothers FE Inc.’s application for an exhibition permit.

#VantageOnFirstpost: Next Hollywood movie #Barbie was banned in #Vietnam on a controversial map of the South China Sea. The map depicts the disputed waters as part of Chinese territory. @palkisu tell you why. pic.twitter.com/OPVyTG0TXt

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It’s just the latest in a long line of examples of Hollywood treating China like it’s their job. We commend Cruz for continuing to call out Hollywood for her submission to China in such a blatant and sickening way.