{"id":968501,"date":"2021-11-04T16:59:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T20:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=968501"},"modified":"2021-11-04T16:59:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T20:59:18","slug":"marvels-eternals-featuring-gay-superhero-not-showing-in-saudi-arabia-qatar-and-kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marvels-eternals-featuring-gay-superhero-not-showing-in-saudi-arabia-qatar-and-kuwait\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel\u2019s \u2018Eternals,\u2019 Featuring Gay Superhero, Not Showing in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarvels-eternals-featuring-gay-superhero-not-showing-in-saudi-arabia-qatar-and-kuwait%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=968501&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Disney-owned Marvel Studios\u2019 latest superhero epic, <i>Eternals<\/i>, has so far been barred from showing in markets in the Middle East, and many wonder if it is because the film features an openly gay character.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/eternals-banned-saudi-arabia-same-sex-couple\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a>, the largest distributor for the Middle East, Vox Cinemas, does not show any listings for the film\u2019s debut in countries including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait, <em>The Wrap<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Neither Vox nor authorities in any of the affected countries have made any formal statements about the film, and no one has officially said it is banned, but many suspect that the film is being snubbed because of the on-screen kiss between superhero Phaston (Brian Tyree-Henry) and his fictional husband (Haaz Sleiman).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18610714\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1169965262-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18610714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1169965262-scaled.jpg\" alt width=\"1920\" height=\"2880\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Brian Tyree Henry attends Go Behind The Scenes with Walt Disney Studios during D23 Expo 2019 at Anaheim Convention Center on August 24, 2019 in Anaheim, California. (Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18610730\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1347407613-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18610730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1347407613-scaled.jpg\" alt width=\"1920\" height=\"2880\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Haaz Sleiman arrives at the Premiere of Marvel Studios\u2019 Eternals on October 18, 2021 in Hollywood, California. (Jesse Grant\/Getty Images for Disney)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>Eternals<\/i> is coming in far below at least one of Marvel\u2019s other 2021 films at the box office. Earning $7.6 thus far, it is 20 percent ahead of the studio\u2019s <i>Black Widow<\/i>, but a whopping 85 percent behind <i>Shang Chi<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The film follows a group of powerful aliens who had been left on earth thousands of years ago with the task of keeping humanity safe, but a threat finally brings them out of hiding and back together to face it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marvel Studios\u2019 Eternals | Final Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x_me3xsvDgk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>The movie has struggled even among Marvel fans, though. As of last weekend, the woke movie had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/01\/nolte-marvels-woketard-eternals-is-officially-rotten\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rated<\/a> a hit with only 59 percent of reviewers n RottenTomatoes.com. Until the film surpasses 60 percent approval, it is officially rated a \u201crotten\u201d film.<\/p>\n<p>Thus far, <i>Eternals<\/i> is the only film to rank as \u201crotten\u201d during its opening week.<\/p>\n<p>Professional film reviewers have also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/29\/nolte-marvels-woke-eternals-must-really-suck-to-get-these-reviews\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">given<\/a> the movie a mixed reception. For a film that Marvel had hoped would launch its much anticipated \u201cPhase IV\u201d universe of films, <i>Eternals<\/i> is finding itself to be a soft entry.<\/p>\n<p><i>Eternals<\/i>, starring Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kit Harrington, Salma Hayek, and Gemma Chen, among others, is filled with woke plots and characters. It has an openly gay character, a deaf character, a raft of minorities, and has been directed by Oscar-winner Chlo\u00e9 Zhao, an Asian female. Thus far, all the wokeness has not translated to a box office hit.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney-owned Marvel Studios\u2019 latest superhero epic, Eternals, has so far been barred from showing in markets in the Middle East, and many wonder if it is because the film features &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-968501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}