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While Warner Bros' hit movie may — finally — be coming out in Saudi Arabia, it faces a different fate in other Middle East countries.

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[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, not one person is surprised. I'm sure cucumbers are banned there too.

[–] EherVielleicht@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] CheshireSnake@lemdit.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Idk. It's not the size. It's how you use it.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago

They saw Beach Ken's abs and felt some movement in their loin cloth.

[–] EherVielleicht@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago

Only conservative things.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lebanon is supposed to be pretty progressive too I've read. Geez it's just a movie.

[–] magnor@lemmy.magnor.ovh 5 points 1 year ago

Sadly from what I recall Hezbollah has been gaining a lot of traction since the Israeli invasion of 2006, so fundamentalists set up shop.

[–] hardware26@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I watched the movie, I don't remember anything that was promoting homosexuality. Can someone point out?

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago

"Looking at all that pink's gonna turn ya gay, son!"

"But... Isn't pink also a euphemism for vagina? Is looking at vagina gay?"

🎼I'm just Ken🎵 And so am I🎹 Put that manly hand in mine🎸 Son people check me out 'cause I just can' t🎤

The beach off has the same homoerotic potential as he-man and the masters of the universe cartoon, but since is live action, with real dudes, it created doubts in between their loins.

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I also thought the all Male nude musical number "choose to be gay" was a little much.

[–] dom@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Actually maybe I was watching a different movie

[–] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I think the climax with full penetration kind of needed that tho

[–] HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Well now I'm convinced I need to go and see it. Thanks for the tip, my mysoginist homophobic fascist friends!