Locsin wants DreamWorks boycott over ‘Abominable’ film

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 09:58:53 +0000

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Wednesday suggested a “universal” boycott of all movies being produced by American film giant DreamWorks following the controversy created by the movie “Abominable,” a full-length animation that featured China’s controversial “nine-dash-line” map in the South China Sea.

In a series of tweets, Locsin admitted that the Department of Foreign Affairs does not have the power to ban the movie but toyed on the idea of cutting out what he described as an “offending scene” in the cartoon movie even before it can be shown to the Filipino public.

“@Dreamworks let itself to be used for propaganda. MTRCB (Movie, Television and Radio Classification Board) might have the power to ban, DFA does not. The public has the power and patriotic duty not to patronize a movie with a message contradicting our territorial claim. Do not watch any @Dreamworks production from hereon,” Locsin said in one of his social media posts.

“Abominable” was jointly produced by Shanghai-based Pearl Studio and DreamWorks Animation.
Locsin’s reaction came days after Vietnam revoked DreamWorks’ license to exhibit the “Abominable” movie inVietnamese cinemas in protest of the showing the U-shaped Chinese map.