Currently, the franchise behind the ‘Barbie‘ movie has become one of the most famous after the official release of the Mattel doll, which although on July 20th will share premiere with ‘Oppenheimer‘, many assure that Barbie will sweep all theaters worldwide.
Although for this movie to break all records at the box office as some expect, it is necessary that the Mattel doll is presented in all countries around the world, an aspect that is being complicated, as the film was canceled and banned in Vietnam. The government of this country released a statement saying that this premiere infringed on the sovereignty of the country, as it showed the nine-point line with which China is trying to claim some territories.
Faced with this controversial decision by Vietnam, Barbie and Warner Bros responded to this controversial statement of the film in this country, by the fact that for them it is not convenient that they are losing potential viewers to compete with a rival as strong as the film directed by Christopher Nolan. According to Variety, Warner announced that “Barbie’s map is a simple drawing made with childish doodles, and the lines only represent Barbie’s fictional journey from Barbie Land to the real world, and they had no intention of making any controversy“.
Apparently they are just simple lines that don’t mean anything, but Warner didn’t think this would influence the world’s political divide, so they hope that after this statement, the Vietnamese government may change their mind about this cancellation.
