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I just watched Shang-Chi the new Marvel superhero movie and couldn’t shake the feeling that there’s a distinct current in the film of “come back to China all th

by wincy 5y ago

I just watched Shang-Chi the new Marvel superhero movie and couldn’t shake the feeling that there’s a distinct current in the film of “come back to China all those who were part of the diaspora, we will accept you, you belong with us. You are part of our family”.

dragonelite 5y ago
Don't need a movie for that, the economics and the dynamic Chinese market is what will slowly but surely suck up Asia's talent. Just like the US could do in the 20th century with European/Anglo talent.
- another_story 5y ago
  China has become distinctly less business friendly in the last few years. We'll, at least privately owned business.
- HKH2 5y ago
  I'm sure Asia's talent want to go the way of Jack Ma.
seanicus 5y ago
The Chinese character who makes that offer then immediately threatens to kill the heroes if they don't comply in the same scene (screenwriting note: hilarious that they didn't let that ruse play out for even one more scene). I was actually kind of surprised to see a such a direct analogy in a big Disney production; I'm going to hazard a bet that it was not at all intentional, but I'm not sure that China's foreign film approval body are going to see it the same way. If it gets released at all in China it's almost certainly going to bomb for that and other reasons.
SllX 5y ago
Haven’t watched it yet but that wouldn’t be surprising for a number of reasons: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/02/chinese-dissidents-are-being-abducted-outside-china.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/02/chinese-dissiden... https://www.foi.se/rest-api/report/FOI-R--4933--SE https://www.foi.se/rest-api/report/FOI-R--4933--SE https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/03/04/why-some-chinese-immigrants-living-canada-live-silent-fear https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/03/04/why-some-chinese-immigra... https://freedomhouse.org/report/transnational-repression https://freedomhouse.org/report/transnational-repression https://www.propublica.org/article/operation-fox-hunt-how-china-exports-repression-using-a-network-of-spies-hidden-in-plain-sight https://www.propublica.org/article/operation-fox-hunt-how-ch...

by wincy 5y ago

dragonelite 5y ago

Don't need a movie for that, the economics and the dynamic Chinese market is what will slowly but surely suck up Asia's talent. Just like the US could do in the 20th century with European/Anglo talent.

another_story 5y ago
China has become distinctly less business friendly in the last few years. We'll, at least privately owned business.
HKH2 5y ago
I'm sure Asia's talent want to go the way of Jack Ma.

seanicus 5y ago

The Chinese character who makes that offer then immediately threatens to kill the heroes if they don't comply in the same scene (screenwriting note: hilarious that they didn't let that ruse play out for even one more scene). I was actually kind of surprised to see a such a direct analogy in a big Disney production; I'm going to hazard a bet that it was not at all intentional, but I'm not sure that China's foreign film approval body are going to see it the same way. If it gets released at all in China it's almost certainly going to bomb for that and other reasons.

SllX 5y ago

Haven’t watched it yet but that wouldn’t be surprising for a number of reasons: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/02/chinese-dissidents-are-being-abducted-outside-china.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/02/chinese-dissiden... https://www.foi.se/rest-api/report/FOI-R--4933--SE https://www.foi.se/rest-api/report/FOI-R--4933--SE https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/03/04/why-some-chinese-immigrants-living-canada-live-silent-fear https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/03/04/why-some-chinese-immigra... https://freedomhouse.org/report/transnational-repression https://freedomhouse.org/report/transnational-repression https://www.propublica.org/article/operation-fox-hunt-how-china-exports-repression-using-a-network-of-spies-hidden-in-plain-sight https://www.propublica.org/article/operation-fox-hunt-how-ch...