The United Arab Emirates will not screen Sony's ‘Spider-Man: Across the SpiderVerse,’ Vox Cinemas said without explanation, amid debate online about whether the animated film’s character Gwen Stacy is trans
DUBAI, June 15 - The United Arab Emirates will not screen Sony's "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse", Vox Cinemas said on Thursday without explanation, amid debate online and among regional movie fans about the animated film's treatment of transgender themes.
However Vox, a subsidiary of retail conglomerate Majid Al Futtaim, said in response to a query via Facebook Messenger that the movie would not be released in the UAE. Majid Al Futaim did not respond to a request for comment.on their websites' "coming soon" sections, including Vox, Novo, and Reel cinemas.
In the socially conservative Middle East, any deviation from traditional sexual norms is considered taboo and in many countries it is a criminal offence. "I see that the decision of stopping the movie is a sovereign decision, and it's our right to express our opinion," said Sami al-Shoraim, a young Saudi in Riyadh, adding that movies should respect their viewers' values.
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