'Carol' censored on airlines to exclude all lesbian intimacy
 

'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.*

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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...

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