Max Von Sydow's archly evil Ming the Merciless from Flash Gordon has been branded a 'discriminatory stereotype' by the British Board of Film Classification. In a reclassification of the 1980 sci-fi ...

When we first met Ming my mind flew back more than five decades. The first time I encountered the name Ming was in the old “Flash Gordon” comic strips.

He continued: “The character of Ming of course comes from the Flash Gordon comic strips from the 1930s and the serials, and let's just say attitudes towards the acceptability of discriminatory ...

The re-release of the celebrated cult-classic film Flash Gordon from 1980 has added a warning about "discriminatory stereotypes" due to the portrayal of Ming the Merciless.

The BBFC said Ming the Merciless was "coded as an East Asian character due to his hair and make-up" More old movies could have warnings added about racism and stereotypes, after UK film censors ...

As the infamous Queen song goes, Flash Gordon will "stand for every one of us" — and for 80 years the heroic adventurer has stood with his feet planted in pop culture much deeper than even his ...

And now we can own an authentic likeness of his Flash Gordon figure. In the 1980 movie’s campiest scene, Flash uses his football skills to keep a valuable treasure from Ming.

The re-release of the celebrated cult-classic film Flash Gordon from 1980 has added a warning about "discriminatory stereotypes" due to the portrayal of Ming the Merciless.

More old movies could have warnings added about racism and stereotypes, after UK film censors said Ming the Merciless in 1980's Flash Gordon was "dubious if not outright offensive".