The White Lotus won big at Tuesday night’s Golden Globes, including Best Supporting Actress for Jennifer Coolidge, whose character on the show has generated several iconic lines and memes, including, "These gays, they’re trying to murder me."
But on a Russian streaming service, local actors doing the voiceovers replaced mentions of the word "gay" with "men" in the HBO's shows finale, thanks to the country’s new anti-LGBTQ+ censorship law, local media reported.
Even a male character's buttocks were reportedly covered by a sheet that was edited into the scene. It's unclear if Coolidge's mention of the word "gay" in that specific line was changed to "men," but according to Meduza and RBC Style, the boat driver's response to her "we're all gay here" was changed to "we're all men here."
The streaming service Amediateka also removed a scene in which two of the characters, Valentina and Mia, talk about sex, and changed a line during an important scene between Coolidge's character Tanya and her assistant that alluded to a same-sex relationship between two male characters.
The new Russian law went into effect last month banning what the government calls "LGBT propaganda.”
The laws apply to the Internet, the media, the book market, audio-visual services, movies, and advertising, with fines going up to $80,000.
Russia’s Censorship Law Changed The Word ‘Gay’ To ‘Men’ In The White Lotus Finale
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