- About a month after its premiere in Algeria, the “Barbie” movie was yanked from theaters there this week. The movie has been “immediately” pulled from theaters in Algiers, Oran, and Constantine, according to online news source 24H Algerie.
- The alleged directive was not addressed by the ministry or the Algerian Audiovisual Regulatory Authority, and neither did they offer an explanation. Last month, “Barbie” had its premiere at a few cinemas in Algeria. Beginning this week, the movie’s distributors stopped scheduling screenings of the Hollywood hit.
- This action follows the live-action film based on the US fashion dolls being prohibited by Kuwaiti and Lebanese authorities for supposedly undermining traditional values.
- On social media, some Algerians voiced their displeasure with the cancellation along with the hashtag “#IAmBarbie.” Others criticized it as “bigotry” and “censorship.”
- According to others, the “Barbie” movie “is a menace to morality,” wrote author Leila Belkacem in a Facebook post. What morals are they referring to when they watch a ton of porn at home? Don’t you get tired of leading the nation into your gloomy delusions?
