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Hollywood Sold Out to China
- chuckee 5y agoThe common theme in these stories is that China presents a mostly united front (enforced by the CCP when necessary), while Western companies remain divided, even pitted against each-other [1], and are turned into beachheads for CCP influence. [1] Chinese government, which oversees the country’s entertainment industry, imposes a quota on international movies—34 a year [..] Foreign studios, Schwartz told me, lobby fiercely for their titles to be allowed entry.
- 1MachineElf 5y agoNot sure why chuckee's comment here is dead. The point he makes is accurate: >The common theme in these stories is that China presents a mostly united front (enforced by the CCP when necessary), while Western companies remain divided, even pitted against each-other [1], and are turned into beachheads for CCP influence. >[1] Chinese government, which oversees the country’s entertainment industry, imposes a quota on international movies—34 a year [..] Foreign studios, Schwartz told me, lobby fiercely for their titles to be allowed entry.
- BugsJustFindMe 5y ago> Not sure why chuckee's comment here is dead. I don't know, but there's a mechanism for resurrecting dead comments by clicking "vouch" on them.
- cafard 5y agoDoesn't Hollywood exist to sell out? To patriotic Americans, to adolescents intoxicated by hormones or adrenaline, to men and women attracted to the opposite sex but wishing it were a little more sensitive or a little more easy-going? Or are all the movies that I have in mind made out of deep artistic conviction?