Barbie fans in the Philippines express mixed feelings at the premiere of the film about the famous doll, which almost fell foul of censors. The movie sparked scrutiny from the country's censors over a scene with a fictitious world map criticised for allegedly showing China's claims in the disputed South China Sea.
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00:49 >> Of course I was concerned because I didn't want them
00:52 to like propagate ideas that our country did not agree with.
00:58 But at the same time, I was really hoping
01:05 that they would ban it or they would just cut the spin.
01:08 But as I saw, they didn't really do anything with it.
01:12 And I was looking through the map that --
01:14 my first thought was that it was made by a child.
01:18 It was supposed to be a childlike map.
01:20 So I didn't think it was meant to signify
01:24 like the nine-dash line.
01:26 And I also found that there were only eight.
01:28 But at the same time, I know the thought process behind the
01:30 banning with it.
01:31 And I respect the decision of the [inaudible]
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