Shrek 2 banned in Israel over its cutting humour

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AN ISRAELI singer famed for his falsetto succeeded in getting the Hollywood cartoon blockbuster Shrek 2 banned in his country yesterday over a joke that implied he had been castrated.

The original version of the animated comedy had one character threaten to emasculate another by saying, "let’s Bobbitt him" - a reference to the infamous 1993 case in which Lorena Bobbitt cut off her husband’s penis with a pair of scissors after a row.

For the version dubbed into Hebrew, the comment was replaced by, "let’s do a David Daor on him" - referring to the singer who represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest.

"This film intends to present me, in perpetuity, as a eunuch, a man with no testicles, and turn me into a laughing stock," Mr Daor said before his lawsuit was heard.

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=799662004

Who needs that boring ICJ stuff when with a sequel to a movie that sucked, the Eurovision song contest, and a falsetto singer, this story has it all!

[Trajan]

1. Shrek didnt 'suck' ...

It is actually a rather well written and certainly entertaining story, as is it's successor ...

I didnt realize it was so east to stifle Free Speech in Israel .... I thought they were a Democracy ? ...

[Union Thug]

2. Yes, the great bastion of freedom and democracy...

that is Sharon's Israel. <puke>

[lefty_mcduff]

3. Don't forget...

'they' hate 'us' for our freedoms.

[bemildred]

4. Gee, I wonder what Amnesty International thinks about this?

Hopefully this gross injustice will be remedied soon.