The Barbie movie is banned in Vietnam because of the world map shown

The long-awaited Barbie movie has been banned in Vietnam. A map of the world was shown in the film, which annoyed the authorities in Hanoi. It is said that the “Nine Divide Line” can be seen there, which has been drawn on maps for decades by China. With this, China claims large parts of the South China Sea.

The same areas are claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Malaysia. Therefore, the National Board of Film Classification banned the film from showing in cinemas in Vietnam. For the same reason, the film’s approval in the Philippines is now also being examined.

The American film studio Warner Brothers spoke. “The Barbieland map is a children’s crayon drawing,” a Warner Bros. spokesperson told Variety. “The doodle represents Barbie’s imaginary journey from Barbieland to the ‘real world’. It was not intended to make any statement.”

The Toronto Star wrote in a commentary that the world map is completely “cartoonish” and “unrealistic”. Where is continental Europe? New Zealand? What do sailing boats represent? Is that a fool’s crown in Iceland? “

“Barbie” starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, tells the story of Barbie and Ken dolls. The two are happy in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. But then they are transported into the real world – which has many unsettling consequences.

It is the first movie adapted with real actors. “Barbie” can be seen in Germany from July 20.