(Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Rami Malek accepts the award for best performance by an actor in a leading role for "Bohemian Rhapsody" at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. In the Chinese release, the small TV screen being watched by the producer inexplicably glitches after a split-second shot of Mercury’s crotch. Here are six LGBT moments from the film that have been censored for the world’s second largest movie market:Įarly in the movie, the BBC producer managing Queen’s live performance on the television channel gets angry after the camera zooms in on Mercury’s flamboyant pelvic movements “If everyone becomes content with this kind of ‘victory,’ then the whole world will always submit to authority, creators won’t be respected and there will be no protection for the interests of the audience,” he said. In 2016, Chinese censors banned the portrayal of “abnormal sexual behavior,” including gay and lesbian relationships in TV and online shows.Ĭonsequently, some members of the LGBT community have called the release of “Bohemian Rhapsody” in China a victory for their community, particularly considering that only a limited number of Western films are screened in the country each year.īut Chinese documentary filmmaker and LGBT activist Fan Popo said it was “dangerous” to view the release of the film, which has has grossed $890 million at the global box office, as a win. The award-winning film, which opened in China on March 22, portrays the life and career of Queen front man Freddie Mercury, an LGBT icon who died of AIDS-related illnesses at the age of 45. More than two minutes of LGBT content have been scrubbed from the biopic of British rock band Queen, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” for the Chinese audience, including scenes of two men kissing and the word “gay.”
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