Philippines greenlights Barbie film screening, to blur dashes in South China Sea map


The film distributor has been asked to blur the controversial dash lines in the film starring Australian actress Margot Robbie as Barbie. - WARNER BROS

MANILA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): There will be no nine-dash line in the South China Sea of Barbie’s world, said the Philippines’ Movie and Television Review Classification Board (MTRCB) on Wednesday (July 12), as it gave the go-ahead to the domestic screening of the Warner Bros film.

The MTRCB has asked the film distributor to blur the controversial dash lines on the fictitious world map featured in one scene of the film starring Australian actress Margot Robbie in the titular role.

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