Warner Bros. is weighing in on what it called a child-like map in the Barbie movie that caused Vietnam to ban distribution of the film.
Vietnamese officials said the map shows the nine-dash line that represents Chinas unilaterally claimed territory in the South China Sea. Vietnam says the territory is its continental shelf and banned the Barbie movies distribution .
The map in Barbie Land is a child-like crayon drawing, Warner Bros. Film Group said in a statement first reported by Variety. The doodles depict Barbies make-believe journey from Barbie Land to the real world. It was not intended to make any type of statement.
The map in the Greta Gerwig-directed film, set for release this month, shows just eight lines and is in the shape dictated by actual global maps, Variety noted.
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