{"id":431046,"date":"2022-04-13T16:23:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T13:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/warner-bros-bows-to-china-demand-to-censor-gay-harry-potter-plotline\/"},"modified":"2022-04-13T16:23:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T13:23:07","slug":"warner-bros-bows-to-china-demand-to-censor-gay-harry-potter-plotline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/warner-bros-bows-to-china-demand-to-censor-gay-harry-potter-plotline\/","title":{"rendered":"#Warner Bros bows to China demand to censor gay &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; plotline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e11ebcec3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e11ebcec3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/warner-bros-bows-to-china-demand-to-censor-gay-harry-potter-plotline\/#%E2%80%9CWarner_Bros_bows_to_China_demand_to_censor_gay_%E2%80%98Harry_Potter_plotline%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Warner Bros bows to China demand to censor gay &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; plotline&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWarner_Bros_bows_to_China_demand_to_censor_gay_%E2%80%98Harry_Potter_plotline%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Warner Bros bows to China demand to censor gay &#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; plotline&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Warner Bros. said it has removed references to a gay relationship between two protagonists in the upcoming China release of a \u201cHarry Potter\u201d prequel.<\/p>\n<p>The Hollywood studio confirmed that it has expunged details of the romance between Jude Law\u2019s character, Albus Dumbledore, and Gellert Grindelwald, played by Mads Mikkelsen, in \u201cFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The edit, which was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/fantastic-beasts-3-dumbledore-china-1235128751\/\">first reported by The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, takes out six seconds of the film in which Dumbledore utters the lines \u201cI was in love with you\u201d and \u201cthe summer Gellert and I fell in love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film\u2019s total run time is 143 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a studio, we\u2019re 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,\u201d a Warner Bros. spokesperson told THR.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hope is to release our features worldwide as released by their creators but historically we have faced small edits made in local markets.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/MCDFABE_WB044-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jude Law seen in 2022's &quot;Fantastic Beasts: The Secret of Dumbledore.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-21884033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/MCDFABE_WB044-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/MCDFABE_WB044-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/MCDFABE_WB044-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Jude Law seen in 2022\u2019s \u201cFantastic Beasts: The Secret of Dumbledore.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett C<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The spokesperson added: \u201cIn the case of\u00a0\u2018Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,\u2019 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.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want audiences everywhere in the world to see and enjoy this film, and it\u2019s important to us that Chinese audiences have the opportunity to experience it as well, even with these minor edits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros. is raking in the cash at the box office in China. The film was the most watched in the country during opening weekend, pulling in $9.7 million \u2014 a figure that would have been larger notwithstanding COVID-19-induced lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p>J.K. Rowling, the author of the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, first revealed that the two characters were gay during a 2007 fan event promoting the book \u201cHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/MCDFABE_WB024.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The film was tops at the box office in China after its opening weekend.\" class=\"wp-image-21883635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/MCDFABE_WB024.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/MCDFABE_WB024.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/MCDFABE_WB024.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The film was tops at the box office in China after its opening weekend.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett C<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/MCDFABE_WB001.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The film is the first time a direct reference to a homosexual relationship is made between the characters.\" class=\"wp-image-21883637\"\/><figcaption>The film is the first time a direct reference to a homosexual relationship is made between the characters.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Warner Bros.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is the first time that the relationship has been explicitly referred to in a film. \u201cFantastic Beasts: Secrets of Dumbledore\u201d is scheduled to open in the United States this week.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood studios have been criticized for bowing to Chinese censorship demands in exchange for access to the country\u2019s market.<\/p>\n<p>The makers of big-budget films \u2014 including \u00a0\u201cIron Man 3,\u201d \u201cWorld War Z\u201d and \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d\u2013 pandered to the country\u2019s authoritarian government by cutting characters and dialogue that aren\u2019t pro-China,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/report\/made-in-hollywood-censored-by-beijing\/\">according to PEN America<\/a>, a non-profit that promotes free speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMulan,\u201d the live-action remake of the 1998 animated classic, was filmed by Disney in Xinjiang province, where the Chinese government is accused of orchestrating a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Uyghur Muslims.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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