Hollywood's China Hopes Are Fading
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Jul 29 • 38M
Hollywood's China Hopes Are Fading
Erich Schwartzel of the 'WSJ' on summer movies' overseas dead-end
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Sonny Bunch
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Sonny Bunch hosts The Bulwark Goes to Hollywood, featuring interviews with folks who have their finger on the pulse of the entertainment industry during this dynamic—and difficult—time.
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Sonny Bunch is a contributing columnist at the Washington Post, The Bulwark culture editor, and member of the Washington Area Film Critics Association.
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 there for Hollywood this year.
Hollywood's China Hopes Are Fading
Fascinating! Near the end they speculate about how "political correctness" is interpreted in China. In fact the phrase was originally imported FROM China. Back in the 80s when our academics started enforcing political orthodoxy, it was seen as a result of Maoist influences, and the term was a variation on "Correct Line", the Maoist term for currently acceptable doctrines.