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

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

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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-tells-effeminate-male-celebr...

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

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> Pearce was quick to walk back the allegations by expressing her reluctance to discuss any specific films or games "because I’m so worried about getting sued by Tencent, but this is what I’ve heard — rumors. I’m not sure if any of this is true.” She however said that Tencent has “games that are out where they were like ‘yeah, that character needs to have bigger tits’ or ‘you need to make her skin lighter’ type of shit.”

Worthless article designed to spark outrage and clicks. Dont give them ad dollars

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

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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…

For the last 10 years it feels like almost every major American movie I've seen has been (co)produced by a Chinese group. It's definitely been clear where they're heading.

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

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Assuming this is true, that is not only tasteless, some would say evil (I don't really believe in evil, though), but above all: it's out of touch. Doesn't seem like good business, there's so much middle ground between cheap sex appeal and woke reboots. I don't see how this could be a reasonable response to the latter.

The article itself isn't exactly seeping with tangible details and sources, though. I don't think this is really telling us anything new.

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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…

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