Warner Bros. Apologises After 'Barbenheimer' Tweets Spark Criticism In Japan: Report
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The Warner Bros. Film Group in the United States has issued a public apology about social media activity concerning the 'Barbenheimer' meme, which has caused outrage in Japan
The Warner Bros. Film Group in the United States has issued a public apology about social media activity concerning the 'Barbenheimer' meme, which has caused outrage in Japan, Variety reported. "Warner Brothers sincerely apologises for its recent insensitive social media engagement." "The studio sincerely apologises," the firm wrote in an email to Variety on Tuesday. "At 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945 (Showa 20), an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima for the first time in human history. The particular nature of the damage caused by the atomic bombs is that mass destruction and mass murder occurred instantaneously and indiscriminately," pic.twitter.com/9smEuJ8J3E
This comes after public criticism of Warner in Japan, the launch of an online petition against the studio, and an unexpected step by Warner's Japanese distribution arm.
Warner Bros. Japan issued a statement on its official Japanese-language Barbie Twitter account on Monday, criticising the studio's U.S. division for participating in the 'Barbenheimer' social media frenzy.
