Airline Apologizes For Playing Explicit Video On Every Screen
Australian transportation company Qantas Airlines publicly apologized after exposing all of its passengers on board to a movie deemed sexually explicit. After what the airline described as technical issues made film and television selections impossible, the seatback TVs were instead set to play a movie based on a limited number of offerings based on passenger input.
Daddio Playing
The film that wound up being shown to everyone on the Qantas Airline flight was the 2023 American drama Daddio, giving each of those tuned in more than a solid hour of sexually graphic material before onboard personnel managed to switch it over to something more family-appropriate.
Qantas Statement
Qantas Airline issued a statement that declared that the movie shown was “clearly not suitable to play for the whole flight.” The company revealed that once the complaints were made known to airline agents on the flight that the plane’s screens were changed over to a “family friendly movie” for the remainder of the flight.
According to Qauntas, this is standard practice whenever a technical issue makes it impossible for individual selection of films.
As far as exactly how Daddio was selected isn’t clear. It’s known that the Sean Penn film was one of a handful of movies that wound up being on a limited list.
Qantas Airlines said that they are currently reviewing just how this particular movie made the cut and wound up being the one everyone was forced to see.
Families Mad At Qantas
Passengers with children on board the Qantas Airlines flight were particularly perturbed by the incident. One rider stated that the movie “featured graphic nudity,” and that the multiple “sexting” scenes depicted in the film made it possible to read a lot of sexually explicit material.
This person said that it took nearly an hour for the airline’s employees to rectify the situation and play a different selection.
Daddio A Critical Success
Starring Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson, Daddio was a critical success following its release last year. Its limited theatrical run only yielded $1.1 million at the box office, but the realistic dialogue, emotionally charged situations, and use of an on-set virtual production have led to a growing base of fans.
The film follows Girlie (Dakota Johnson) as she lands at JFK International Airport in New York and hops into a taxicab driven by Clark (Sean Penn). Throughout the movie’s 101-minute runtime, the driver and passenger engage in an unexpected series of conversations that range from relationships, sex, and loss. Hence some of the Qantas Airline passenger annoyance.
The dialogue between the characters is graphically honest at times, peeling back the layers that separate superficiality and intimate familiarity between two people.
Good For The Movie, Bad For Qantas
While it might not be everyone’s cup of tea on a Qantas Airlines flight, Daddio has proven to be quite the vehicle for its director and screenwriter Christy Hall.
She penned the screenplay for the 2024 Blake Lively film It Ends with Us and is reportedly adapting the 2013 Liane Moriarty novel The Husband’s Secret for a feature film that will be directed by Kat Coiro. Hall also co-created the 2020 Netflix series I Am Not Okay with This in 2020 with Jonathan Entwistle.
Sources: NBC News
