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What does it take to make a hit in Hollywood? An a-list actress? A tried-and-true superhero franchise? How about. the blessing of the People’s Republic of China.
For years now, Hollywood has been straining to make sure its films don’t offend Chinese censors. Without
their approval, studios can’t gain access to China’s massive box office.
Pleasing Chinese censors can mean adding scenes that glorify the country, but it can also mean leaving things out, particularly anything that calls attention to human rights abuses. The financial pressures to do so have gotten so intense that in many cases American filmmakers are pre-empting censorship altogether, and designing their films to pass muster from the first draft.
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One Hollywood producer told PEN America that suggestions for projects critical of China aroused the fear that you or your company will actively be blacklisted, and they will interfere with your current or future project. So not only will you bear the brunt [of your decision], but also your company, and future companies that you work for. And that s absolutely in the back of our minds. It s not just the Hollywood issue, it s not just the tech issue, it s not just the basketball or the sports issue, or various other industries. . It s all across the board. To get products and services into that market, there are certain rules you have to play. so they allow you access to the consumers. But those processes. have gotten worse and worse. and more amplified over time.. [It]has got to the point where we either need to stop it now and fight back, or we are just going to lose.. Chris Fenton, Hollywood executive and author of
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