China Owns and Bemoans Hollywood — Slams Tinseltown as a Woke Joke If “Hollywood continues down this road” toward political correctness, writes China’s Global Times, “it will dig its own grave and destroy its reputation one day.”
One day? Many might say that that the destruction of Hollywood’s current reputation would be an improvement. But China’s admonishment, published Monday, speaks volumes about many things — woke culture’s and the Western Left’s (short) future among them.
Unbeknownst to many, and in the sense in which kids would sometimes use the word, Beijing “owns” Hollywood. That is, Beijing’s powerful State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) actually succeeds in censoring many of our movies, using the threat that if producers don’t make their flicks China-friendly, they’ll be denied access to the nation’s lucrative market. It’s the NBA phenomenon — “No Boldness Anywhere” (except Beijing).
As for the current chastisement, the Global Times, which operates at China’s government’s pleasure, writes:
The hashtag “how serious is the involution in Hollywood due to political correctness” began trending on Chinese social media on Monday. British writer J. K. Rowling’s recent suffering, Disney’s live action Snow White, the gay superhero in Marvel films… The batch of operations for political correctness in Hollywood has been satirized by many Chinese netizens, and if Hollywood continues down this road, it will dig its own grave and destroy its reputation one day.
The newest “joke” for most Chinese netizens came after Rowling did not appear for celebrations at the 20th anniversary of the film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Yes, this is ironic: a writer who created the great IP was expelled by those who adapted her work.
… Another series of changes that made most Chinese netizens’ jaws drop is that the live action adaptations of Disney’s classic works The Little Mermaid and Snow White have changed the protagonists from “white” to “black” and “Latino mixed race.” The more interesting part is that Gal Gadot, the bewitching woman who is in line with the beauty of white people, is going to play the evil queen in Snow White.
Calling this a bit “weird,” the Times then asks, “How much are DC Comics and Marvel Studios willing to bet on political correctness?” (Well, the West has bet its future on it, so why wouldn’t the popular-culture purveyors bet their market?).....
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HAHAAA! If “Hollywood continues down this road” “it will dig its own grave and destroy its reputation one day.” Sort of like ppl fearing there's "going to be" a race war :-]
So Daily Stormer was right again. It's been saying that even the Chicoms were more culturally conservative than the ameriKan establishment. I couldn't imagine they cared either way, but obviously they at least know culture is crucial in some way even if most ameriKans don't.
We are the Jewnighted States of ameriKer. We are the bringers of democracy and the righter of wrongs throughout the universe, Stardate 2021. We are the USA and our business is DECADENCE!
This was originally going to be an article post but the spirit carried me off. Yes, the above is a New American piece -- JBS is still at it and really great when not neocon-Lincolnite. Other headlines in their email that my secretary just forwarded:
Texas Ban on School Mask Mandates Back in Effect
BLM Wants to Fight “White-supremacist-capitalism†with a “Black Christmasâ€
China's Tech Innovation: Bought or Stolen? ("The People’s Republic of China s aggressively advancing its computing and missile capabilities, using U.S. technology, in an effort to become a world hegemon")
For anybody that doesn't know, The New American is a beautiful, full- color glossy magazine -- in effect a conservative counterpart to Time or Newsweek. Since it's so kosher and so 'mainstream' it's great entry material for churchy Republicans and such people (I just handed some out right at the altar rail Sunday).
Birchers were made a laffing-stock in our 1960s youth, and we must be thankful they're still at it are still at it. Their site is about action -- action -- action. How many of us are?
jbs.org/
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The American Thinker is often girlish, womanish, interventionist and neoconoid, but the rest of the time quite good:
Smashing and Grabbing Blue America into Ruin
www.americanthinker.com/a...ue_america_i nto_ruin.html
The Job Market's Booming Demand for 'Diversity Specialists' (mises.org)
www.americanthinker.com/a... iversity_specialists.html
We really should spend a little time livening up their comments department -- mentioned after each article. The calm, beard-stroking Socratic method, you know? Get the Mrs. Grundy requirements:
www.ameri canthinker.com/static/comments_faqs.html
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Headlines just arrived from PJW's summit.news/ :
Jeffrey Epstein Visited Clinton White House 17 Times
Spanish Investigation Finds Vaccine Passports Have No Impact on Infection Rates
Trevor Noah Questions Impartiality of Moderna CEO, Gets Called “Anti- Vaxxer” by His Own Fans
Tom DeWeese is speaking at our monthly meeting tomorrow, so americanpolicy.org/ crosses my digital desk -- property rights their A-C-T-I-O-N specialty. SPLC hates Tom so he's got to have something on the ball.
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