A few days ago Saudi Arabia banned the movie “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” for including an LGBTQ character called America Chavez. Some news sites published that Kuwait had also banned the movie but according to Cinescape, that still hasn’t happened. When I asked them for confirmation on the ban for my post they responded with the following message:
We have no knowledge of the mentioned
Kuwait’s Ministry of Information censors all movies / set age ratings / cut scenes / ban movies
Not Cinescape, we’re waiting for the ministry’s official decision regarding the movie during their working hours, from Sunday to Thursday
Thank you for contacting us
So although Kuwait will most likely follow the footsteps of Saudi and ban the movie, as of right now it isn’t official yet and the movie is still listed on the Cinescape coming soon page.
27 replies on “Doctor Strange 2 Not Officially Banned in Kuwait Yet!”
The movie has also been banned in Egypt.
Imagine having a nation with its own laws and legislation!
lol, you have a vivid imagination, do you mean that nations can have laws and legistlations that don’t align with western and liberal “values”?
Pretty much, but I’m on la la land so what gives
Bro, do you realize that we’re at a point of history where the question “what is a woman?” is a question where we should ponder at before answering? Go check Matt Welsh interview in Dr. Phil.. The poor dude is making a documentary on what a woman is! That goes to show you how deluded the west is to the point that they are actually afraid of speaking facts! God forbid they offend a fly!
I wonder why the delay? Is it because they were investigating the morality of video games earlier this month and got distracted??
probably cuz its ramadan and everyone is chilling
*in Hawkeye’s voice* : don’t do that, don’t give me hope.
Sin-escape
Imagine willing to ruin hours and a crazy budget going through something meant for entertainment over an LGBT character. Fun fact: LGBT people exist in the middle east and have always did so.
Soft power. Go educate yourself about it
So what if they want to celebrate the LGBT community? I mean there is alcohol in movies but those scenes aren’t cut out?
There are people that wear cloths that we would not even think of wearing the middle east yet they don’t cut those scenes. I mean ffs you can watch whatever you want on the internet these day. So cutting all those scenes is just pointless.
Banning a movie because they want to celebrate something in their culture that we don’t doesn’t mean they are aiming for “soft power” it means they are representing factions of their society.
Culture? Right. You mean capitalism at its finest
Representing? Rriight.. You mean shoving degrading idealogies in the name of freedom. Divide and conquer, that’s why everyone feels the need to be represented everywhere!
Not expecting to change your mind, but freedom of information access doesn’t equal mainstream media in the public eye, think “Al-Haram street” TV show that generated the most controversy any “Kuwaiti” drama has garnered before. Tell me how is that show representative? Those individuals are outliers, they don’t confirm to society. I know the notion of a mosiac society / culture sounds very appealing and all.. But what for? To aspire for the acceptance of the western eye? And at what price? Our own identity and culture that is as is slowly fading and altering?
Why do you say your your identity/culture is fading? Both LGBT acceptance and our culture can co-exist. It doesn’t have to be one or the other. And I’m sure there’s more to your identity than being anti-LGBT.
Calvin, if that’s even your real name, what do you mean exactly by “our” culture dear sir? Can you feed my some details? Some attributes and norms of the said culture?
LOL this guy
An even Funnier fact: Pedophiles also exist, is that a justification to normalise them in mainstream entertainment?
Did you compare pedophilia to the LGBTQ Community?
One has two consenting adults being in a relationship, the other is an adult taking advantage of a minor (not consensual).
Get your head out of the gutter.
But its fine to destroy the following:
meaning of a functional family
Meaning of women hood
Meaning of masculinity
While glorifying, most importantly, sex! Because it’s all about what I do on my free time that define my entire life! Hedonism at its finest
Yet another fun fact, pedos already have a movement but it’s yet to surface.. Guess they’re funding more institutions to bring a medical excuse on how its a natural incurable disease that you’re born with
You’re avoiding the question, consensuality has nothing to do with it, consensuality is just one parameter that can go both ways in both cases, you’re -perhaps unintentionally- establishing a slippery slope or throwing a red herring.
If anything your answer shows that you don’t have the least amount of knowledge to talk about the subject matter, BOTH are mental issues that need to be resolved, and we refuse to normalize them BOTH, so it’s not our head that is in the gutter.
We say this out of pity, not hatred, sodomite sexual orientation alone is a mental issue, and acting upon it is the sin and/or crime depending on where you live.
And when it comes to LGBTQ, the issue has to be deconstructed to be properly analysed, the T, for example, stands for a mental issue that is a subset of Sexual Dysphoria, which needs to be treated not normalised, and the G goes hand in hand with many MANY severe gastrointestinal diseases and STDs, which again, needs to be prevented, not normalised.
And by the way, guess who also takes advantage of minors and directly takes their ‘consent’ to permanently and irreversibly mutilate their genitals? I’ll let you guess the answer alone, you don’t have the moral high ground when talking about defending minors.
I’ll save myself the discomfort of making this comment any longer because consequently, it could be much more degusting too, talking to someone who defends sodomites and people suffering from Sexual Dysmorphia.
You’re lucky that you live in a nation that doesn’t suffer from Leftist fearmongering, yet you seem to have a severe case of the Netflix, we’re lucky that people like that can receive proper treatment here.
Fyi, the “S” can also cause STDs.
And that goes to show why random encounters and meaningless sex is frowned upon in a certain “backward” religion
You did not just compare LGBTQ to Pedophiles!
Pedophiles are those who have 6 with children right? It is illegal and unwanted because the approval of that action “6” is not from both sides, AND one side is under age.
But LGBTQ have 6eual preferences and it’s different, both sides are adults, both sides are mature, both sides wanted it. Clear? So, do not compare this to that please
I always find it interesting that gulf countries ban homosexual films but yet create a society that endorses it. Scratching my head.
A tamil movie called “beast” was banned due to pakistani muslims is shown as bad people (terrorist). But also there is a indian muslim character shown as, he is against the terrorist. where as saudi and UAE released it.
I think when there is a rating PG, PG 13 and 18+ in cinemas and when cinescape management strictly doesnt allow people according to the rating even if people have bought the ticket. then they shouldnt banned certain. Intimate scenes and drug abuse content is totally understood but then again if your rating a film why not>
This comment section makes me quiet upset. Upset at the fact that to preserve your backward ideologies you always resort to “bans”. Hmm this goes against something I view negatively? Ban it!
This might be something I’m not sure of? Ban it!
I don’t like the color of the dress? Ban it!
True growth comes from not banning things you are against but actually putting forth a counter in a logical manner.
This country has been headed in a downward spiral the past decade and it’s largely due to this mentality. Let’s blame everyone else for our problems cause we as a society are perfect!
Some of you reading this are thinking ,” yes we are perfect and gtfo if you don’t like it! “But if you are not open to criticism are you really growing?
You talk about “leftist fear mongering “ but that’s all you seem to be doing!
Think about this again, Saudi, I repeat, Saudi is now a more forward thinking country than us. What happened?
How in hell banning a movie will hinder the growth of this country? Are you serious now? Tell me how banning cosplayers is also somehow gonna downward spiral us even more? Do you think these issues are what gonna bring this country down? You realize that this is how they just wanna keep me and you busy from real issues that keep this country down in the gutters?
And please enlighten me on how staying human is backward! Freedom for all is your definition of superiority? Where do you ever draw the line, if there’s one? Feminism is an offense on women hood. LGBTQ+100 something identity is an offense on decent human nature. Liberalism is an offense of religion. Where do you draw the line? As long as you subscribe to those ideologies its inevitable that you’ll demean something else! Religion doesn’t demean anything except with reason! Example: Don’t drink alcohol.. Why? Go see how it impacts those who drink a little too much.. Either car accidents, family abuse to the point of homocide, dysfunctional families.. And it goes on! Wanna keep this debate going I welcome it with an open mind. But don’t you act as if the banning of an intellectual property is the doom of this country and the epiphany of its backward state.
And Islam isn’t an Ideology.. It’s a religion that teaches you how to be a human and not an animal driven by lust (hint: reply with something something 72 virgins) and you know what’s funny? Look at how many westerns are turning into Islam! While some here are still waiting for the legislations of alcohol and other certain things that will make Kuwait great again!
Homophobia rears its ugly head in Kuwait, again. You can ban movies but you will never eradicate LGBT people.