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'Barbie' movie will show in the Philippines, country's film regulator rules The
country's film regulator has decided that a map shown in the movie does not
depict China's controversial nine-dash line.


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AFTER A REVIEW, 'BARBIE' MOVIE WILL SHOW IN THE PHILIPPINES, AFTER ALL

July 12, 20235:00 AM ET

Ashley Westerman

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Protesters wave flags and hold placards in front of the Chinese Consulate in
Makati, Metro Manila on July 12, 2023, during a demonstration held to mark the
seventh anniversary of an international arbitral ruling that voided China's
historical claims to the South China Sea, including the nine-dash line. Jam Sta
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Protesters wave flags and hold placards in front of the Chinese Consulate in
Makati, Metro Manila on July 12, 2023, during a demonstration held to mark the
seventh anniversary of an international arbitral ruling that voided China's
historical claims to the South China Sea, including the nine-dash line.

Jam Sta Rosa/AFP via Getty Images

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines' film regulator has ruled that the
upcoming Barbie movie will be allowed to be shown in theaters across the country
following a review of a map shown in the Warner Bros. film that appears to
depict China's controversial nine-dash line.

The scene in question is when Barbie, played by Margot Robbie, shows up at
another Barbie's house for help with her existential crisis. In the background
of that scene a colorful map of the "real world" is shown, very briefly, with a
dotted line protruding from the eastern coast of the Asian continent.

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The nine-dash line is what China uses when it arbitrarily claims nearly all of
the South China Sea as its own. Many Southeast Asian nations, including the
Philippines, have long been locked in a territorial dispute with China over
crucial waterway — saying that Beijing's claims threaten their sovereignty.

Considering the context, "the Review Committee is convinced that the contentious
scene does not depict the 'nine-dash line," the Philippine Movie and Television
Review and Classification Board said in a statement released Tuesday. "Instead
the map portrayed the route of the make-believe journey of Barbie from Barbie
Land to the 'real world,' as an integral part of the story."

Warner Bros. defended the map, saying it "is a whimsical, child-like crayon
drawing" that was not intended to make any kind of statement. Still, many saw
the map as the studio giant pandering to China's movie market, which is worth
billions of dollars and growing.

Philippine Sen. Francis Tolentino, who initially pushed last week for the movie
to be reviewed by regulators, called the decision "sad."



"We respect that MTRCB, if this is 8 dash line, seven-dash line, or nine-dash
line," Tolentino told reporters. "What I see here is China keeping on claiming
the Philippine waters, and this is trampling on the rights of our fishermen and
even of the Philippine Coast Guard."

The move means that the Philippines will not be joining Vietnam in banning the
movie over the map. Barbie joins a growing list of movies banned in Vietnam for
including maps that show the nine-dash line, including DreamWorks' Abominable
and Sony's Uncharted.



The decision to allow Barbie to show in Philippines theaters comes within days
of the Philippine Coast Guard reporting a large swarm of nearly 50 Chinese
vessels gathering near Iroquois Reef — which is solidly in Philippine waters.
Philippine officials, who are concerned that the swarm means China might be
preparing to try to take over the reef, have ordered an increased presence of
coast guard and military to try and deter Beijing from any action.

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