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China's Alibaba slams Hollywood liberals: "political correctness in Hollywood is possibly the most powerful censorship in the world"
Gao Xiaosong is the chairman of the strategic committee at Alibaba Entertainment, which financed "Green Book" and "On the Basis of Sex "
I ask if censorship explains why Chinese movies have failed to captivate world audiences. Gao is emphatic that the real issue is a lack of skill and experience. And Hollywood, he argues, has its own informal censorship regime. “In Hollywood, many things can’t be filmed. The villain can’t be a person of colour. He will definitely be a white man like you. It can’t be a woman or an Asian . . . My experience is that political correctness in Hollywood is possibly the most powerful censorship in the world. But despite this strong pressure,” he adds diplomatically, “Hollywood still makes great movies.” In fact, Gao insists that limitations on content stimulate rather than stifle creativity. Growing up in the 1970s, he was raised on a diet of Soviet cinema — proof, he suggests as he reels off a list of movies, that modern masterpieces can be produced under censorship.
China's Alibaba slams Hollywood liberals: "political correctness in Hollywood is possibly the most powerful censorship in the world" Apr 12, 06:22
Dude {nm} Apr 12, 07:14
What educated, informed, decent person is in the market for pointers from China on censorship, liberty, etc.? {nm} Apr 12, 09:09