MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines' film regulator has ruled that the upcoming Barbie movie will be allowed to be shown in theaters across the country following a review of a map shown in the Warner Bros. film that appears to depict China's controversial nine-dash line.
The scene in question is when Barbie, played by Margot Robbie, shows up at another Barbie's house for help with her existential crisis. In the background of that scene a colorful map of the "real world" is shown, very briefly, with a dotted line protruding from the eastern coast of the Asian continent.
