{"id":1818602,"date":"2023-09-18T08:41:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T12:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1818602"},"modified":"2023-09-18T08:41:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T12:41:45","slug":"behind-the-scenes-of-the-barbie-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/09\/behind-the-scenes-of-the-barbie-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Scenes of the ‘Barbie’ Map"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wall Street Journal<\/em> provides some background<\/a> to the map that got the Barbie<\/em> movie into trouble in Vietnam, and the steps movie studios are increasingly taken to ensure that on-screen cartography doesn\u2019t run afoul of other countries\u2019 sensitivities. How to avoid a repeat of the Barbie<\/em> controversy? \u201cOne proposal executives have discussed: having an employee inside the clearance department review every map featured on screen for potential problems or offenses. That\u2019s a tough proposition, one employee noted, since the \u2018Barbie\u2019 map wasn\u2019t processed by the Los Angeles team as a normal map at all.\u201d (Link may be paywalled; see also the Apple News+ link<\/a>\u2014which granted is also paywalled.)<\/p>\n

Previously: Philippine Censors Want \u2018Barbie\u2019 Blurred, Not Banned<\/a>; The Nine-Dash Line Gets \u2018Barbie\u2019 Banned in Vietnam<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wall Street Journal provides some background to the map that got the Barbie movie into trouble in Vietnam, and the steps movie studios are increasingly taken to ensure that on-screen cartography doesn\u2019t run afoul… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[490,619],"tags":[406,182,1624,703],"class_list":["post-1818602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-censorship","category-movies-and-television","tag-border-disputes","tag-china","tag-south-china-sea","tag-vietnam","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1817234,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/07\/philippine-censors-want-barbie-blurred-not-banned\/","url_meta":{"origin":1818602,"position":0},"title":"Philippine Censors Want ‘Barbie’ Blurred, Not Banned","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"12 July 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"The Philippines is just as keen as Vietnam is to ban films showing the nine-dash line, and has done so in the past. 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