West Side Story reboot more grumble than rumble in Middle East due to trans character
euronews.comstar of Broadway's 'Jagged Little Pill'.As a result, six countries will no longer be showing the film.Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait requested censorship cuts be made to their screenings, which Disney, the producers and Spielberg refused.Productions with LGBTQ+ characters and themes have been regularly targeted by censors in the Middle East, as well as China.It is not uncommon for these territories to ask for recuts that remove not just LGBTQ+ references, but also profanity, overtly sexual themes, and ideas that don't mesh with their religious views.Most recently, Marvel's comic book epic 'Eternals' was pulled from release across the same region due to the inclusion of Marvel’s first openly same-sex.
