US EditionControversy in France for the Cancellation of ‘Barbie’ in a Summer Cinema for ‘Denigrating Women’
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What was going to be a pleasant open-air evening watching Barbie has ended in a political controversy in France. It began on Friday August 8 in Noisy-le-Sec, a municipality about eight kilometers northwest of Paris, in the department of Seine Saint Denis. Greta Gerwig’s film was to be screened within the programming “Cine under the stars”, intended to offer summer activities to the neighbors of the neighborhood. Municipal technicians were instal…
After the controversial cancellation of a projection of Barbie in Noisy-le-Sec, the socio-cultural actors of the city are reacting. They evoke the difficulties of the working-class neighbourhoods and deplore the political recovery.
The cancellation of Barbie's projection in a Parisian suburb reveals deep cultural and political tensions that deserve analysis. Read more Barbie's projection in Paris cancelled by threats: analysis of cultural implications in Actualidad.es.
An open-air screening of the film Barbie has been canceled in a Paris suburb. The reason: a group of young Muslims threatened the film's staff and accused the film of "promoting homosexuality." The incident has sparked a major debate about Islamism in France, Le Figaro reports.
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On 8 August, the municipality of Noisy-le-Sec was to be shown in the open air Barbie, a film chosen by the inhabitants themselves during a public consultation. But in the district of Londeau, a group of about fifteen individuals allegedly threatened municipal agents on the pretext that the film Barbie would advocate homosexuality and harm the image of the woman – while swearing that it had "nothing to do with Islam or religion." The session was …
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