Paul W. S. Anderson seems to have eaten a fool of Capcom’s video games: After him “Resident Evil“ into a real film, the next adaptation from the time-honored software house follows: “Monster Hunter“! Also in “Monster Hunter“ becomes his wife Jovovich milewhich most probably call Leeloo in “The fifth Element” turned his head like in the “Resident Evil“-Films that star.
The film had its theatrical premiere in China this week and got off to a pretty good start there. However, the Chinese audience is so angry about the film that it is now disappearing from the theaters there. What is the reason for the turmoil in the Middle Kingdom?
The film contains a passage in which a white man and an Asian drive through the area at full throttle. The white one says “What?”, His passenger replies “Look at my Knees”. Then the white man says: “What are these?”. The Chinese replies: Chi-nese ”. This dialogue alludes to an old American schoolyard song: “Chi-nese, Jap-a-nese, dir-ty knees, look at these,” which the Chinese see as highly racist!
After this especially over Weibo was spread, many cinema operators acted and banned the film from the cinemas. A circular was even sent out, which called on all cinemas to stop showing the film. Work is being done on an adjusted version of the film.
However, this version has now also been put on hold. It’s not okay to scoff at the Chinese people and just cut out a part while the rest of the world keep mocking. This enrolled Weibo-User.
The reputation damage that Tencent Pictures has moved in cannot yet be estimated: in the future it will be much better to consider when to get involved in cooperation with America.
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