21st Century Sexism: Hunger Games Movie Poster Angers Residents In Israel
Sexism? In the 21st Century? You better believe it!
The new Hunger Games movie is opening this weekend and some marketing is on going to promote the movie including late night interviews and movie posters. However, if you’re in some places in Israel, you might see something different.
Posters in some parts of Israel have been redesigned to remove the Oscar-winning actress, Jennifer Lawrence. Instead, Katniss Everdeen and her bow and arrow have been replaced with a mockingjay in a handful of cities across the country, including Bnei Brak and Jerusalem.
What’s the reason for the removal of the actress? The film’s Israel PR firm had this to say:
“We discovered that public posters with the image of a female are often torn down in Jerusalem, while Bnei Brak does not allow posters with female images.” Apparently, the city of Bnei Brak’s ruling on images of women is based on a fear that they “might incite the feelings of the city’s residents.” A marketing executive for the company hanging the posters in Israel said they have had “endless vandalisation” in the past, so chose not to take the risk.
Joseph Kuuire, Tech & Social Editor
Joseph Kuuire is a co-founder of BrutallyUncensored.Com, a writer and an IT Consultant based in Accra, Ghana---where the weather is always beautiful. When he wants to hide, he writes under the pseudonym name; Joe Phoenix. He went to high school at Akosombo International School and finished in Kenny Lake, Alaska. And then continued to University of Houston where he graduated with a Bachelor’s in Business Management in Information Systems.
