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How Do ‘Barbie’ and Blackpink Figure in a Dangerous Territorial Dispute?
Vietnam banned the film over its apparent use of a Chinese map showing disputed territory. Blackpink concerts may be next. Here’s what the fuss is about.

Of all the things that could inflame tensions in a region that could someday be a theater of war between superpowers, the movie “Barbie” was not an obvious catalyst. Yet here we are.

The authorities in Vietnam this week banned the upcoming Greta Gerwig film over a map in “Barbie” that they said shows a Chinese map of territory in the South China Sea, where the two neighbors have competing claims.

The Philippines, another Southeast Asian country that disputes China’s territorial claims in the sea, is now deciding whether to ban the star-studded film as well. And Vietnam said on Thursday that it was investigating a South China Sea map on the website of a company promoting Blackpink, a K-pop band scheduled to perform in Hanoi this month.

Taking such stands against seemingly innocuous cultural exports may look like an overreaction. But Vietnam’s responses make more sense if they are viewed within historical and political contexts. Here’s a primer.

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[Suranis]

These days films are made with back and forth cuts so scenes can be completely rearranged due to "cultural sensitivity" its why you don't see the kind of long expansive shots you would see in the early indiana Jones films and so on. Its film by Lego.

Basically its pretty obvious if you look at them. Shots are done with one actor talking then the other actor full face. Its so they can change the responses of one of the actor if they need to. Stuff like that.

So I'm sure they could pull a few actors back in and redo the scene with little problems.