{"id":303527,"date":"2017-03-21T12:09:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T12:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=303527"},"modified":"2017-03-21T12:09:44","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T12:09:44","slug":"beauty-and-the-beast-pulled-from-cinemas-in-kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/beauty-and-the-beast-pulled-from-cinemas-in-kuwait\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauty and the Beast pulled from cinemas in Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"
Beauty and the Beast has been pulled from Kuwaiti cinemas amid concerns from censors.<\/p>\n
The live-action remake of the classic animation makes LeFou, villain Gaston’s sidekick, the first openly gay character in a Disney film.<\/p>\n
A board member at the National Cinema Company, which operates most of Kuwait’s cinemas, said an edited version might be screened later this week.<\/p>\n
Disney is yet to comment on the move.<\/p>\n
Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as the Beast, has taken more than $350m (\u00a3282m) around the world and opened in Kuwait on Thursday, rated PG-13.<\/p>\n