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A number of LGBTQ advocates and media leftists are crying foul after Warner Bros. reportedly caved to communist Chinese censors and edited out references to the gay romance in author J.K. Rowling’s film “Fantastic Beasts 3” between the two lead characters Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
Variety reported that the “references to a gay relationship in ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’ were edited out of the movie by Warner Bros. for the film’s release in China.”
The media outlet also claimed that Warner Brothers “accepted China’s request to remove six seconds from the movie.” The film is 142 minutes long.
The brief interlude in the movie “alluded to the romantic past” between the film’s main characters, Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
“The dialogue lines ‘because I was in love with you’ and ‘the summer Gellert and I fell in love’ were cut from ‘The Secrets of Dumbledore,’” Variety noted.
(Video Credit: Daily Mail | Warner Bros.)
“As a studio, we’re committed to safeguarding the integrity of every film we release, and that extends to circumstances that necessitate making nuanced cuts in order to respond sensitively to a variety of in-market factors,” Warner Bros. declared in a statement given to Variety. “Our hope is to release our features worldwide as released by their creators but historically we have faced small edits made in local markets.”
“In the case of ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,’ a six-second cut was requested and Warner Bros. accepted those changes to comply with local requirements but the spirit of the film remains intact,” the statement added. “We want audiences everywhere in the world to see and enjoy this film, and it’s important to us that Chinese audiences have the opportunity to experience it as well, even with these minor edits.”
Rowling announced in 2009 that Dumbledore was gay. That proclaimed fact was allegedly never mentioned in any book or movie in the Harry Potter franchise. Professor Dumbledore is the Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the saga.
Out Magazine was incensed over the WB decision, tweeting, “It’s a shame that, in 2022, certain countries are still censoring LGBTQIA+ characters in film and television.”
Warner Bros. removed "gay dialogue" from the Chinese cut of the upcoming 'Fantastic Beasts 3.'
Big business complies when China wants something, but if YOU want your five year old child to not be groomed you're a racist, bigoted, domestic terrorist.
— Dr. Willie J. Montague (@RepMontague) April 12, 2022
Vox.com podcast editor Matt Collette slammed the move, tweeting, “lololol ‘Only six seconds of the movie’s 142-minute runtime were removed.’”
He then tore into Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling over the issue, “so it seems likely that Warner Bros and JKR were never particularly willing to go there either.”
Julie Hinds, who is a Detroit Free Press Pop Culture critic, was also angry over the bowing to China, saying, “A major studio works its magic, making tolerance and acceptance disappear.”
BuzzFeedNews’ Brandon Wall branded the censorship as “pathetic.”
He bluntly tweeted, “It’s pathetic how willing movie studios are to censor even the most perfunctory LGBTQ+ token moments (in this case, six seconds) in order to secure a China release.”
He who has the $ makes the rules then.
— Chrishenrywang (@Chrishenrywang1) April 12, 2022
Podcast “Insider Intelligence” host Jeremy Goldman snarked, “Warner Bros. cut some Fantastic Beasts 3’s gay dialogue in China. Ah, China, you never cease to not surprise us.”
One person on Twitter named Daniel Camilo was quite upset over the development, “They made the choice to allow the content to be censored in order for the movie to be played in China, and profit from that distribution deal. They could have chosen not to. They decided that it’s worth it to censor gay people. Consider that.”
The movie is produced by @warnerbros. They made the choice to allow the content to be censored in order for the movie to be played in China, and profit from that distribution deal. They could have chosen not to. They decided that it's worth it to censor gay people. Consider that. pic.twitter.com/FxPxM4TTu8
— Daniel Camilo (@DanielOlimac) April 9, 2022
“Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,” which also stars Ezra Miller, Jessica Williams, Dan Fogler, Katherine Waterston, and Alison Sudol, will premiere in theaters on Friday.
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Six seconds out of 142 minutes. Sounds more like the six seconds were shoved in for the American market.
That makes (1) thing that China did I agree with. Queer garbage should be banned in all so-called education, media and PUBLIC venues, that is available to minors. If a person wants to be perverted and immoral, when they are an adult, that’s their choice. But, the queers must start to brainwash little children, with perversion, at a very early age, so they think being queer is (normal ??????).
IT AIN’T !! Trying to make children and the general public believe that, is as bad as forcing Communism or senile Biden on the public.
So, the entire story, its meaning, its purpose, its entertainment, lives or dies upon those ‘6 minutes’? At least we can decide whether we see it or not here in the U.S. Unless they already have ‘woke’ parents, it won’t mean a thing to our kids. Kids are there for the ‘magical creatures.’
It is the graphic nature of sex that offends me. I doubt we’ll see any of that in this movie. Our kids do not need to see sexual acts of any sort. Let them grow up as the gender they are, without sex being part of their lives until they are ready. Don’t besmirch their minds with adults needing to ‘get off’. Be honest with yourselves–did sex consume you as a child or did games, toys, sports, etc. occupy you? I was kid once. When I was a kid, I spoke like one, felt like one, thought like one. WHEN I became an adult, I put away childish things (well, most of them) and acted like a grown woman. There is a time for every purpose.
Thanks, Ms. Rowling for opening this can of worms just to prove you are woke. The woke still have attacked you.
Once again Hollywood caves to the CCP, but this time they screwed the LGBTQ-LMNOP. So which side will wield more power the CCP or the LGBTQ-LMNOP??? Will Being WOKE finely bite Hollywood in the butt??? We Can only hope.
They cut it for china but leave that $hit in for AMERICANS. Great, only groom American children
GOOD for Warner Brothers !! This BS HAS TO STOP ! For ONCE I’m GLAD the CCP stepped in !!
The language was only cut for the CCP Version, that Garbage was left in for American Children to listen to and to assume is wonderful since Dumbledore said it.
Sounds like the CCP censors have a much higher moral standard than their US counterparts.