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The influence still goes both ways--I read that American movie studios cut out dialogue that they don't think foreign viewers will understand because of English
by jejones3141 8y ago
The influence still goes both ways--I read that American movie studios cut out dialogue that they don't think foreign viewers will understand because of English-specific wordplay or culture-specific references. (See https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-10/saving-hollywood-from-the-chinese-box-office https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-10/saving-ho...)
- intopieces 8y agoEver since I saw the movie Pacific Rim (2013) I have suspected that dialog in very expensive movies (that one was $190m) was a bit simplified so that translation could be easy for the Chinese market.
- elgenie 8y agoThat movie was about robots fighting monsters and was named for its intended market as much as its subject matter: expecting complicated dialog given that seems ambitious.