Re: Lebanon catches a break

On 2025-04-17 2:44 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
 

It seems that Lebanon has banned any showings of Snow White (2025) in
that country, owing to the presence of Israeli actress Gal Gadot.

 But but but... she's playing the villain!

Apparently, that doesn't preclude the film being banned. It seems that depicting any Jew at all is intolerable to the Lebanese authorities.

 

https://variety.com/2025/film/global/snow-white-banned-lebanon-gal-gadot-1236370521/

 

Lebanese filmgoers will NOT need to look at the mess that is called Snow
White and are thus spared the horror of seeing a film that IMDB rates
1.6 out of 10.

 I wonder how censorship works with Odelya Halevi?

Do you mean Lebanese censorship? Does anyone know if Law and Order is even shown in Lebanon?

The actress is a
Sephardic Jew, born in Israel. Her family emigrated from Yemen. The
character she plays on Law & Order is a Lebanese ethnic born in the
United States.
 I just read that when she first came to the United States, she couldn't
speak English, but everyone in Israel learns English.

Did she go to school in Israel? I wonder if her parents had money and sent her to, say, Switzerland for her education.
--
Rhino