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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 04:01 PM
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It's OK to be gay in Malaysian movies - as long as you go straight
(Heraldsun) GAY men can at last be depicted in Malaysian films - so long as they repent or even go straight in the end.

Strict censorship rules in the mostly Muslim country mean books and films are routinely banned or scenes deleted that are deemed detrimental to moral values or religious sensitivities.

The new censorship guidelines reverse a ban on scenes featuring homosexuality, Malaysian Film Producers' Association president Ahmad Puad Onah said. But there's a catch.

"We are now allowed to show these scenes," he told AFP. "As long as we portray good triumphing over evil and there is a lesson learnt in the film, such as from a gay (character) who turns into a (straight) man.

"Previously we are not allowed to show these at all."

The new rules, he insists, will allow greater freedom of expression for film-makers. But kissing, undressing and obscenity scenes will still be banned.

http://malaysia-today.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30775:its-ok-to-be-gay-in-malaysian-movies-as-long-as-you-go-straight-&catid=19:newscommentaries&Itemid=100131
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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 09:12 PM
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2. I sometimes shudder to think of the Google search terms you employ
to come up with this stuff

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