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Vietnam asks Netflix to remove ‘distorted’ war scenes from Little Women-Rebecca Sayce-Entertainment – Metro
The streaming platform has run afoul of laws in Vietnam.
Netflix has found itself in hot water over scenes in Little Women (Picture: Netflix)
Vietnam has allegedly asked Netflix to remove scenes depicting the Vietnam War from Little Women, claiming they are ‘distorted’.
The South Korean drama based, loosely on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, was released to the streaming platform on September 3 telling the story of three sisters entangled in a conspiracy involving the rich and powerful elite of society.
Episode eight of the series features a controversial scene in which a Korean military veteran speaks about the achievements of Korean soldiers during the war.
The veteran brags: ‘In our best battles, the kill-to-death ratio for Korean troops was 20:1. That’s 20 Viet Cong killed for one Korean soldier dead.’
In a letter seen by Vietnamese newspaper Truoi Tre, reported by Bloomberg, the Vietnamese Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information said the series had broken Clause 4, Article 9 of the Vietnamese Press Law.
This law stops media from broadcasting information that incites war, infringes upon Vietnam’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, distorts history, denies revolutionary achievements, or insults the nation, conditions also reflected in Vietnam’s Law on Cinema.
The series is based on the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott (Picture: Netflix)
Episode eight of the show has proved controversial to Vietnamese audiences (Picture: Netflix)
Netflix has been asked to remove scenes from the show (Picture: Netflix)
Vietnamnet has reported that Netflix is processing the request, and that allegedly the series will be made unavailable in Vietnam later this week.
This is not the first time Netflix has run into Vietnam’s media laws.
In 2021 Australian spy series Pine Gap was removed from the platform in Vietnam.
In a statement, Vietnam’s Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information, said: ‘Netflix’s violations angered and hurt the feelings of the entire people of Vietnam.
‘This is the third time in a row in the last 12 months that Netflix has been found to distribute movies and TV shows containing content which violate Vietnam’s sovereignty.’
In 2020, the streaming giant was also forced to remove Chinese rom-com Put Your Head On My Shoulder and US political drama Madam Secretary from its Vietnamese service.
Metro.co.uk has reached out to Netflix for comment.
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