The Latest Breaking News from Barbie

Offending map ‘was not intended to make any type of statement’, studio insists

The film reportedly contains a scene depicting a map showing what appeared to be China’s territorial claims

A representative from Warner Bros. speaks out following Barbie’s recent ban in Vietnam.

Barbie has always had some degree of notoriety. She is at once a symbol of female empowerment, ridicule and consumerism. People might suspect that the recent ban of the Barbie movie by the Vietnamese government is motivated by these concerns. Instead, international political intrigue provides a better explanation.

The glitter-filled movie got involved in authoritarian geopolitics by allegedly displaying Chinese propaganda.

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Philippine film regulators are reviewing Barbie after a senator said it depicts a map that China uses to lay claim to nearly all of the South China Sea. Warner Bros. says it's just a "doodle."

This wonderful throwback picture of Bruce Willis transcends Barbiecore, and probably has more to do with Miami Vice.