Advertisements for the animated Disney film “Tarzan” are too sexually suggestive, according to a fervently Orthodox group in Israel. The National Committee to Prevent the Publication of Obscenities in the Holy Land is demanding that the loincloth worn by Tarzan in the ad, which is appearing on Israeli billboards and buses, be replaced with something more modest. The organization monitors billboards to ensure they are not too provocative or revealing in the eyes of fervently Orthodox Jews. The Israeli firm that is distributing the film locally said it is considering changing the ads.
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