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Banned Films
There are many films that are very provocative in the way they challenge moral values, but looking at lists of banned films world wide produces many surprises as to what causes offence to some governments. For example, Monty Python’s Life Of Brian was banned in Ireland until recently and is still banned in Singapore. It is believed that blasphemy is the reason. Indiana Jones is banned in India where it is claimed that it promotes racism and imperialism. Borat is widely banned in Asian countries including Russia. The usual excuse is that it promotes incest. The Da Vinci Code is banned in most of the Islamic world as is South Park: Bigger, Longer, And Uncut. The Simpson’s Movie has also been banned. China has banned Brokeback Mountain because it depicts homosexuals. China also maintains a ban on Ben Hur. The official reason is that it supports “superstitions”. That is usually interpreted to mean it is favorable to Christianity. Over The Hedge is also on the banned list in China. It is hard to imagine any one being offended by Over The Hedge but censorship is often a matter of emotion rather than logic.
