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Re: Tencent Allegedly Wanted Bigger Breasts and No Black People in Movie It Funded

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Post by q1w2 » Tue, Jan 25, 2022, 7:28 PM UTC

mc32 wrote: post #2

On a tangent, China aims to be a moviemaking powerhouse by 2035[1]. They want to have independence from Hollywood and foreign media influence on their culture. It's not just Hollywood they want to wean themselves from, but (South) Korean programming, among others, as well with their 'ban' on "effeminate men"[2] [1] https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202112/15/WS61b9520aa310cdd3... [2] https://www.voanews.com/a/china-tel…

Hollywood is such an effective propaganda machine, it's no surprise that any rising superpower would want its own movie industry.

Re: Tencent Allegedly Wanted Bigger Breasts and No Black People in Movie It Funded

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Post by adamrezich » Tue, Jan 25, 2022, 8:42 PM UTC

steelstraw wrote: post #9

Fight Club was recently released on Tencent Streaming. Check out how they edited the final scene: https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1485707293769584641

ha, they got rid of the "subliminal" dick at the end

Re: Tencent Allegedly Wanted Bigger Breasts and No Black People in Movie It Funded

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Post by Jansen312 » Wed, Jan 26, 2022, 2:24 AM UTC

mc32 wrote: post #2

On a tangent, China aims to be a moviemaking powerhouse by 2035[1]. They want to have independence from Hollywood and foreign media influence on their culture. It's not just Hollywood they want to wean themselves from, but (South) Korean programming, among others, as well with their 'ban' on "effeminate men"[2] [1] https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202112/15/WS61b9520aa310cdd3... [2] https://www.voanews.com/a/china-tel…

Bollywood and Nigeria as well. Those 2 countries have very thriving movie industries. They are lacking Korean slickness at the moment, but story-wise and cultural contents are quite refreshing. With Netflix seeding many aspiring directors with good plots, I think it will be great to see how competitive Chinese moviemakers are. I say the more the merrier even if some of those are heavy influenced by government propaganda (ahem....Fight Club China Director's cut)