READ | Senator Tolentino shares letter from MTRCB explaining decision to allow showing of ‘Barbie’ in PHL
The following is the letter from the Movie and Television Review Classification Board chair Diorella Maria G. Sotto-Antonio to Senator Francis Tolentino explaining its decision to allow the showing of the movie, “Barbie” in the Philippines, as shared by the senator himself.We thank you for the trust and for extending patience to the Movie and Teievision Review and Classification Board regarding the film “Barbie.” We value the sentiments you have publicly addressed relating to this film.
After thorough deliberations by the Review Committee, we immediately requested the film’s distributors, Warner Bros., to blur the controversial lines in order to avoid further misinterpretations. We have similarly sought the opinion of a legal expert on the West Philippine Sea during the deliberations in order to gather as much resources to arrive at a fully informed decision regarding this matter. The controversial scene in the movie “Barbie” shows the controversial scene in the subject film. In it, there are four dash lines on a map drawn in a child-like manner.
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