After critics accused the movie 'Barbie' of featuring a map displaying Chinese claims in the South China Sea, Warner Bros. reps pushed back on the allegations.
While promoting the upcoming "Barbie" film, actress and "Saturday Night Live" alum Kate McKinnon praised it for showing that "gender roles deny people half their humanity."
The drama started after trailers for the upcoming film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling briefly revealed a cartoon map that depicted Barbie’s travels all over the"Real World" – the title of the human world in the film – after she leaves her paradise of"Barbie Land" to discover herself. The crude depiction of the continent features a line of dashes extending out into where the real South China Sea would approximately be on a globe. , the depiction was similar enough to China’s disputed claims over territorial waters that they accused"Barbie" of promoting Chinese propaganda.
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