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Wow. I haven't even read 3bp but it surprises me that even a significant amount of praise/charity for the CCP is an issue. There is so much glorification of t
by _carbyau_ 6y ago
Wow.
I haven't even read 3bp but it surprises me that even a significant amount of praise/charity for the CCP is an issue.
There is so much glorification of the US Government in so many Hollywood movies it has simply become a thing to filter out. When I do read it, I expect this will hit the same filter.
- cambalache 6y ago"Do what I say not what I do" is a universal mantra, very common of course here in HN.
- webmaven 6y ago> There is so much glorification of the US Government in so many Hollywood movies it has simply become a thing to filter out. There is almost as much vilification of the USG as there is glorification. For example, a stereotypical USG Agent Gone Rogue character can just as easily be the hero as the villain in a Hollywood blockbuster (with the rest of the agency, or at least it's leadership, serving as the opposing villain or hero as needed). I don't know enough about Chinese cinema to say for certain whether the equivalent is true in that context, but the superficial impression I have is that it is not.
- free_rms 6y agoIn the book we're discussing, the Cultural Revolution is presented as a catastrophe where the heroes are well-meaning scientists who's neutral observations of nature are twisted into being counter-revolutionary. The book covers the Cultural Revolution like US films cover Vietnam: not favorably.