Following an uproar, Delta has decided to add the same-sex love scenes featured in Rocketman and Booksmart back into the films.
The airlines decision comes just days after Booksmart director Olivia Wilde tweeted that she had watched an edited version of her film on a flight where the scenes featuring lesbian kissing and the words vagina and genitals were omitted.
I finally had the chance to watch an edited version of Booksmart on a flight to see exactly what had been censored. Turns out some airlines work with a third party company that edits the movie based on what they deem inappropriate. Which, in our case, is female sexuality?
olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) October 30, 2019
They muted or cut the word vagina. VAGINA.
They removed Mollys entire scissoring sequence. (No scissor emoji?! Thread for another time)
They Mollys masturbating and UTI story (it didnt end well).
They cut the porn moment in the Lyft (our Oscar clip).olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) October 30, 2019
She later tweeted, Turns out some airlines work with a third party company that edits the movie based on what they deem inappropriate. Which, in our case, is female sexuality?
Delta generally has a choice between original and edited versions of movies from studios and third-party vendors, but in this case didnt know that it was cutting content well within the airlines rules.
In its defense, the airline said that it currently has films like Gentleman Jack, Imagine Me and Youand Moonlight onboard and countless content in the past that clearly shows it is not our practice to omit LGBTQ+ love scenes, reports CNN.
We are immediately putting a new process in place for managing content available through Deltas in-flight entertainment, Delta said in astatement. We selected the edited version and now realize content well within our guidelines was unnecessarily excluded from both films. We are working to make sure this doesnt happen again.
Delta has since decided to have new versions of the films available on flights, but an exact date for when this would happen has yet to be announced.
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