China Censors the TV Series Friends

China continues its strict control and censorship of all types of media, including TV series and movies. David Fincher’s cult movie recently Fight Clubwhich is the main message he wants to give ‘rebellion against the current system’ censored in China due to its message, and the ending of the movie was completely changed and more ‘pro-system’ was made into one. After the backlash, the movie was re-released with its original ending.

Moreover, this is not the only example of recent censorship in China. 2019 production about the legendary music group Queen Bohemian Rhapsody where there are gay kissing scenes in the movie and ‘gay’ The scene, which takes more than two minutes in total, in which the word is mentioned, was also removed from the movie and the movie was released in China. censored was published as. On top of these, another production that has had its share of China’s strict censorship policy is the world-famous sitcom series. friends it happened.

Homophobic and sexist censorship from China to Friends

Friends, which was released uncensored on China’s Sohu and iQiyi broadcast platforms, last year, where the cast came together after more than 15 years. Friends: The Reunion It came to the fore again in China with the release of the special episode. However, those who watched the series, which started to be broadcast again on platforms such as Bilibili, Tencent Video, Youku, Sohu and iQiyi on February 11, can see that some scenes of the series that you have been censored he noticed.

Viewers watch the show’s protagonists, Joey (Matt LeBlanc) and Chandler (Matthew Perry) kissing, and another protagonist Ross (David Schwimmer) says his ex-wife Carol (Anite Barone) is a lesbian. homosexual themed He was shocked to see that the scenes were removed from the show. In addition, the scenes in which Carol took part in the second episode were also deleted from the episode.

Moreover, the scenes related to homosexuality were not the only scenes censored in the series. in the series “women having multiple orgasms” expression, “women’s gossip is endless” replaced by the expression. On the other hand, English subtitles in this scene in original expression viewers because it “An insult to their English” perceived as.

After these censorships, the fans of the series criticized the censorship by showing their reactions on Wiebo, which we can call China’s Twitter. Opened by fans to show their reactions #FriendsCensored The hashtag (FriendsCensored) was last Friday 54 million viewed more than once. But once again, China did what it was supposed to do, and the next day it also used that hashtag. censored.