David Ward 9,219 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 The Associated Press reports China has removed every line of dialogue that directly mentions homosexuality or bisexuality. When a report asks Mercury about his “sexual orientation” during a press conference scene, the subtitle has been changed to “sex life.” One major scene between Mercury (Rami Malek) and his girlfriend Mary Austin (Lucy Boynton) where the singer says he is bisexual cuts out the coming out dialogue. Mary’s response, “No Freddie, you’re gay,” is also removed. In one moment where Mercury reveals his AIDS diagnosis to his Queen band members, the dialogue has been muted as to not say the disease aloud. According to CNN, “Bohemian Rhapsody” has been censored so much in China that in some parts the movie’s narrative no longer makes sense. Aaron McCusker plays Mercury’s eventual boyfriend Jim Hutton in the movie, but the scene in which he is introduced has been edited out of the film because it depicts Mercury groping Hutton’s crotch after a party. Without Hutton’s introduction, the scene later in the film where Mercury makes it a priority to find Hutton and bring him to the Live Aid concert doesn’t make sense. All of Mercury’s kisses with Hutton and manager Paul Prenter (Allen Leech) have been removed. The sequence featuring Queen in drag shooting the music video to “I Want to Break Free” has also been deleted. https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/china-bohemian-rhapsody-cuts-gay-scenes-1202053796/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimisaMonster 31,073 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 This is just so extreme its illogical and ignorant... Just cuz you censor it doesnt mean it doesnt exist or will go away... No matter what you remove...people arent "taught" to be gay from media...they just are...what flops Stream my new single, 💜"Heartbeat"💜, on Spotify! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsGetHigh 52,683 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 We love artistic integrity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacify Him 9,073 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 It’s for the best I’m getting on your nerves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipper 13,051 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 And a company in China owns Grindr? Well 🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlastiscGuy 20,886 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Why not just remove the whole movie from the face of earth PG. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derpmonster 22,412 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, Pacify Him said: It’s for the best What? Check out iTunes data & graphs at CHARTPOP.live Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoxo Adriana 15,040 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 reverse westboro baptist church experience using hatred but instead pretending it doesn't exist Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curunir 7,510 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Why did they even allow the movie to be played in China if they knew it was going to get massacred like this? Money > artistic integrity apparently. Shame on the studio that let this mess happen. They should've stood up. China doing this isn't that much of a shocker on the other hand Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YourCureness 2,844 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 And why would you even let your art be censored this way? Disrespectful for the art and much more disrespectful for the life you are portraying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
malazam 15,710 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 So the film remains the same length with no footage deleted! another shot before we kiss the other side Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galagala 4,607 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Can we stop talking about China? It's all about that dictatorial government, not the people. Some of you are like racists and holding stereotypes against Asians tbh. EDIT: I said "some of you" so you don't need to quote me to show whether you are or not (Hmm...or the your inner self actually is?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ward 9,219 Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share Posted March 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, Galagala said: Some of you are like racists against Asians tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curunir 7,510 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, Galagala said: Can we stop talking about China? It's all about that dictatorial government, not the people. Some of you are like racists against Asians tbh. When we say China we're referring to the government, which is responsible for all this censorship, not the people of China Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangTheGong 310 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 That is messed up. How dare they erase us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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