The ruling to reclassify Singapore movie Sex.Violence.FamilyValues with edits was to “throw a sop” to a segment of the population that had sent in complaints about the movie’s trailer in the motto of “political correctness”, says a member of the Films Appeal Committee.
Professor Walter Woon said this on Thursday evening at a five-member panel forum organised by the Tembusu College in the National University of Singapore. The forum, “Porn Masala – Balancing Artistic Freedom and Racial Harmony”, was moderated by Professor Tommy Koh, the rector of the college.
The made-in-Singapore anthology had originally been given an M18 rating before being banned three days before its theatrical release last October. The movie was finally given an R21 rating in January, accompanied by edits to the dialogue of a Chinese director mocking the Indian accent. Full story
