‘The Simpsons’ receives censorship and Disney+ removes one of its most recent episodes

‘The Simpsons’ arrived on television in 1989, and after 24 years of continuous broadcast continues to generate controversy, a trend that this animated comedy has brought to the world of streaming, because now one of its most recent episodes has been censored on Disney+ for a joke about labor camps in China.

It was the second episode of his recent season 34 of ‘The Simpsons’ the one that was censored by Disney+a chapter entitled ‘A Merciless Lisa’, where the millions of fans of this animated comedy created by Matt Groening can see how Marge becomes a fan of Chinese bicycles, which leads her to take lessons in this hobby.

It is one of the scenes in the aforementioned chapter in which Marge’s coach is shown making a comment about the labor camps in China, which, according to The Hollywood Reporter, would have caused the company of mice to remove the episode from its streaming catalogue. Asian country, thus avoiding a possible vviolation of China’s national security law applied in Hong Kong.

We admire the wonders of China: Bitcoin mines, forced labor camps where children make smartphones and romance,” reads the chapter of ‘The Simpsons’.

Note that the aforementioned chapter of art season 34 of ‘The Simpsons’ So far it would only be deleted for audiences in China, so it can still be seen in different regions of the world, a production that, in the case of Mexico, is not available on Disney +, since the full episodes of this long and blockbuster is only available in the region through Star+.

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It is not the first time thatThe Simpsons’ generates controversy for one of its chaptersand as we have pointed out, it is not even the first time that it has been censored, because it is part of the style of this series to make jokes about the situations that are presenting themselves in the world, which will surely continue to happen in this production for many more years.

More episodes of ‘The Simpsons’?

Everything seems to indicate that “The Simpsons” will continue to generate controversy because in the early days of 2023, this animated comedy owned by Disney Confirmed that he would be back with more episodes for his millions of fans, it was also revealed that this comedy centered around Homer, Marge, Lisa, Maggie, and Bart would be returning with not just one, but two new seasons.

It should be noted that the two new seasons of ‘The Simpsons’ would be released exclusively on the official Star Channel channel, while in the world of streaming they would reach the Disney+ catalog, remembering that, in the case of Mexico, these episodes would be integrated in streaming through the Star+ platform.