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China expands its influence in Hollywood… and why that’s bad news for America

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Paramount Pictures announced a new partnership with two Chinese firms worth a reported $1 billion on Friday.  The deal demonstrates Hollywood’s continued efforts to make profitable films for both domestic and Chinese viewers, as China represents the second largest movie market on the planet.

It also means China just bought an even larger say in how the world is depicted in American films.

Whereas America utilizes a film rating system in the form of the MPAA (an honestly discriminatory and broken system, but one that isn’t state owned) China utilizes government censors to determine what films are suitable to be shown in theaters across their nation.  Chinese officials can ban a film for any number of reasons, but prominent among them, is if they don’t like the way China is being depicted in the story.  Studios have long been aware of this, and it’s already started to shape the films we watch.

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    George E. Hand IV

    Another great opportunity for the most deplorable country on Earth to create staggering amounts of propaganda for the left to suck up as clear and true. Now there will be so much more empty bellyaching and pushback by libs on attempts to keep the chinee in check… Yeah, and Micheal Jerskson wasn’t a pedo simply because people liked his music so much.
    geo sends

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    MickeyTheHead

    Why can’t they leave our movies and comics alone!

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    Recon6

    Copy that… and since there is a definite lack of ‘moral integrity’ already in existence with the denizens of Hollywood and having visited China in the past where it seems a considerable amount of ‘activities’ remain hidden for the most part… it should be an interesting marriage….6

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    Recon6

    Copy A… as well as the considerable number of libs who inhabit Hollywood and dictate the direction of activities… such as a Presidential candidate and/or Inauguration….6

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    todorp

    All the scenarios are here

    BUT no politician bothers to read