{"id":134002,"date":"2025-02-10T20:03:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T04:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=134002"},"modified":"2025-02-10T20:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T04:03:59","slug":"wicked-banned-in-kuwait-amid-lgbtq-controversy-for-its-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wicked-banned-in-kuwait-amid-lgbtq-controversy-for-its-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Wicked banned in Kuwait amid LGBTQ controversy for its cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The musical juggernaut, <strong>Wicked<\/strong>, has been banned in <strong>Kuwait<\/strong> just days before its planned release. Directed by Jon M. Chu, the movie features a prominent <strong>LGBTQ+ cast<\/strong>, including Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, and Bowen Yang. The ban choice sparked speculation about the reasoning behind the sudden decision, which hints at its LGBTQ+ actors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1864356359510094099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1864356359510094099<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to a report from Variety, the film was removed from theater listings in Kuwait ahead of its December 5 premiere. And while officials have not provided an official explanation, local media suggest the ban may be linked to an LGBTQ+ character or the inclusion of openly <strong>queer cast<\/strong> <strong>member<\/strong>s such as Erivo, Bailey, and Yang.\u00a0 Similarly, Kuwait\u2019s government has previously blocked films deemed inconsistent with the country&#8217;s cultural and societal norms, such as Barbie in 2023.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilmUpdates\/status\/1862890731255300266\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018WICKED\u2019 is now the highest grossing musical adaptation of all time at the domestic box office.<\/p>\n<p>The previous record was held by \u2018GREASE\u2019 (1978) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AL9PhrgK2Q\">pic.twitter.com\/AL9PhrgK2Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FilmUpdates\/status\/1862890731255300266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The decision comes despite Wicked achieving extraordinary success around the globe. The musical adaptation has already made history, earning $263.1 million in U.S. ticket sales and $359.2 million globally. This whopping box office performance solidifies Wicked as the <strong>highest-grossing Broadway-to-film adaptation of all time<\/strong>, a testament to its star power and timeless bops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The musical juggernaut, Wicked, has been banned in Kuwait just days before its planned release. Directed by Jon M. Chu, the movie features a prominent LGBTQ+ cast, including Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, and Bowen Yang. The ban choice sparked speculation about the reasoning behind the sudden decision, which hints at its LGBTQ+ actors. According to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":134003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,1399],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-134002","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-movies"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134002"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=134002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}