Malaysia isn’t ready for diversity. Update to this previous story.
Via BPR:
Despite the initial approval of an edited version of “Beauty and the Beast,” Disney has pulled the release of its new film from Malaysia.
The two main cinema chains in the mostly Muslim country gave no reason why the film, set to debut there Thursday, was shelved, according to The Associated Press.
he movie was approved by the Film Censorship Board after a minor gay scene was eliminated, according the board chairman, Abdul Halim Abdul Hamid. Scenes promoting homosexuality are forbidden, Hamid said, and the PG movie was given a PG-13 rating there instead.
‘We have approved it but there is a minor cut involving a gay moment. It is only one short scene but it is inappropriate because many children will be watching this movie,’ Hamid told the AP.