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08-05-2016, 10:02 PM
'Carol' censored on airlines to exclude all lesbian intimacy
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You k**w, Carol, that movie about a couple of gal pals taking a road trip together who suddenly get very upset because they're both on their periods or something girly like that?*
Well, that's what you think Todd Hayne's film about a lesbian couple in the 1950s who suffer grave consequences to be together is about if you saw it on a Delta flight. The airline shows a version of the movie that is censored to the point that Rooney Mara and Cate Blachett's characters don't even kiss.*
SEE ALSO: LGBTQ people share their stories of violence and resilience (http://mashable.com/2016/06/13/lgbtq-hate-violence/)
Comedian Cameron Esposito was furious about the censorship. Esposito points out that hetero***ual relationships don't receive the same treatment, meaning that it's **t simply a matter of removing graphic scenes, but a case of queer erasure.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/05/carol-censored-delta-flights/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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You k**w, Carol, that movie about a couple of gal pals taking a road trip together who suddenly get very upset because they're both on their periods or something girly like that?*
Well, that's what you think Todd Hayne's film about a lesbian couple in the 1950s who suffer grave consequences to be together is about if you saw it on a Delta flight. The airline shows a version of the movie that is censored to the point that Rooney Mara and Cate Blachett's characters don't even kiss.*
SEE ALSO: LGBTQ people share their stories of violence and resilience (http://mashable.com/2016/06/13/lgbtq-hate-violence/)
Comedian Cameron Esposito was furious about the censorship. Esposito points out that hetero***ual relationships don't receive the same treatment, meaning that it's **t simply a matter of removing graphic scenes, but a case of queer erasure.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/05/carol-censored-delta-flights/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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