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Chinese viewers balk at ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ film censorship

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A customer looks at a movie poster for the film “Bohemian Rhapsody” at a movie theater in Beijing, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. Moviegoers in China say the version of the “Bohemian Rhapsody” shown in Chinese theaters erases mentions of Freddie Mercury’s sexuality. The biopic on the lead singer of the British rock band Queen omitted a same-sex kiss and lacked scenes in which Mercury reveals he’s not straight and has AIDS.

 

A huge fan of rock legends Queen, Peng Yanzi rushed to see “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the biopic about the band’s late lead singer, Freddie Mercury, while he was traveling in Britain last October.  Read More

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