Hollywood's Hopes in China Are Fading
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I’m rejoined this week by The Wall Street Journal’s Erich Schwartzel, author of Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy, to talk about Hollywood’s disastrous summer in China, where virtually every American movie released so far has underperformed. We also talk briefly about why Meg 2: The Trench may end up being one of the lone bright spots for Hollywood this year. If you enjoyed this episode, make sure to share it with a friend!
Hollywood's Hopes in China Are Fading
What a great interview. None of this is surprising given the nationalistic turn of China during the last decade. Regarding The Little Mermaid, one cannot underestimate how the Chinese and to a certain extent people in Asia’s perspective on beauty standards, if not outright racism.
Sonny, bless your heart on the AC situation and the heat. I remember the days of 100 plus degree with no AC. I had to check in a hotel at night as I was working long hours and just could not last that long without sleep. Hope that will be fixed soon.
One more movies in China story. I saw Iron Man 2 when it came out there. If you recall, the villain in that movie is a Russian scientist. Thus, the word "Russia" or "Russian" is said fairly often. However, every time those words were said, the dialogue cut out. No bleep or anything, just right in the middle of a line the dialogue would silence. This continued throughout the whole movie. To this day my friends and I can't figure out why. This was 2011, it's not like now where China and Russia are super friends. But for whatever reason China felt obligated to silence the word "Russia" from Iron Man 2