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‘Barbie’ movie is allowed in the Philippines — but will Warner Bros. edit the film?

After some delays, “Barbie” will be taking a trip to the Philippines this summer. The country’s government had been thinking about joining Vietnam’s “Barbie” ban over a map in a scene in the Warner Bros. film that includes a line of dashes on a body of water off Asia. The map shows up during a scene in which Margot Robbie’s Barbie character, who is experiencing an existential crisis, is ...
Margot Robbie stars in "Barbie."

After some delays, “Barbie” will be taking a trip to the Philippines this summer.

The country’s government had been thinking about joining Vietnam’s “Barbie” ban over a map in a scene in the Warner Bros. film that includes a line of dashes on a body of water off Asia.

The map shows up during a scene in which Margot Robbie’s Barbie character, who is experiencing an existential crisis, is

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