Men kissing strikes a sour note for musical audience

14 June 2016 - 08:51 By ©The Daily Telegraph

A kiss between two male actors has been removed from a production of the musical Les Misérables in Singapore following public complaints.Singapore's Media Development Authority told the show's organiser, Mediacorp VizPro, that the "general" rating it had given the show was based on a script that did not include the same-sex kiss, local media reports said. The show's producers then decided to remove the kiss."Under our classification code, such a scene would fall under an 'advisory' rating," the authority said, according to The Straits Times newspaper. "The applicant decided to remove the scene so as to keep the 'general' rating for the rest of its run."The head of Mediacorp VizPro International, Moses Lye, said the scene was meant to be comic.The authorities in Singapore are known to enforce stringent guidelines for public performances. In February, Madonna was forced to tone down her concert. ..

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