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Italian TV snips trigger Brokeback Mountain of protest
guardian.co.uk - 12/10/2008
Italian TV snips trigger Brokeback Mountain of protest
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Cuts transformed Ang Lee's gay cowboy romance into a straight tale of friendship when it was broadcast on state TV on Monday

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Oh No They Didn't!:  Italian TV Censors Brokeback's Gay Kiss and Love Scenes

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Italian TV Censors Brokeback's Gay Kiss and Love Scenes
Oh No They Didn't! — Gays in Italy are infuriated about the censorship of Brokeback Mountain on Italian TV channel Rai Due: "La Repubblica noted that the cuts - involving a kiss between actors Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal and a love scene in a tent - came days after the Vatican attacked a European Union proposal that the United Nations formally condemn discrimination against gays. But Rai yesterday claimed the cuts were an honest mistake and promised to broadcast the full version of the 2005 film. 'Since it went out after the ...

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Gawker: defamer — ... · Don't let the Italian censors get their hands on your queer cowboy masterpiece: They'll slice and dice it into the story of two rigidly heterosexual spaghetti chefs who swap wives. ...

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