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NBA, 'South Park' episodes spotlight Hollywood's China dilemma

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From Chinpokomon to Winnie the Pooh, South Park continue to be awesome.

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As I have been saying for ages & ages THE WEST has played a very LARGE part in creating the MONSTER that China has become!

Now western business & govts too are being reduced to a bunch of ki$$ a$$es  & its become beyond embarrassing to watch!

Its now well past the point, the way China acts THEY have made it crystal clear they are at economic war with the west, ……

Said it before I will say it again its long over due for the west to pull the plug & get the HELL out of China!

The longer we wait the MORE it will cost us in LIVES & LIVELYHOODS!!!

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In the 2015 film "The Martian," China's space agency helps save a astronaut, played by Matt Damon, who becomes stranded on Mars.

Yeah... The Chinese Space Agency was always part of the story. It was in the original novel and they actually simplified it's role in the film. Critics sure jumped all over it as pandering to the Chinese though. You'd think if you're reviewing something that is based on a book, you might want to check that.

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Just say NO to communism.

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Freedom of speech includes the freedom to be offended

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Star Wars was ruined in part due to kissing up to the Chinese. I'm glad South Park referenced that!

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How refreshing it is to see a popular program like South Park put principles above profits! It's too bad governments and businesses don't follow South Park's lead.

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Free speech is an integral part of Western society, but it is anathema to dictators. If China wants to be accepted in the West, it is going to have to learn to get along with the idea of freedom of speech.

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You are what you eat. If you are fed stupidity, you are stupid.

Totally agreeable. If you're fed (stupid) Chinese government propaganda, well... You are what you eat, right?

Last night's episode was even funnier. Not just coz Randy said "#$@& the Chinese government" but the part where the neighbor was trying to vaccinate Cartman was hilarious.

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At one point, Western companies need to realize that there are other markets out there. People speak of China as if they were the El Dorado while it is utterly false. Just across the border to the Southwest of China, there is a market where the population is set to exceed China's very, very soon: India. Until further notice, India is the biggest democracy in the world, and they are not interested in imposing anyting to the West. Furthermore, the middle class in India keeps on growing; they can easily erase whatever revenue is lost because China are pulling out. It's quite simple once Western businesses start waking up: China's loss is India's gain. Play that 4D chess game to great effect, and China will end regretting being a thin-skinned entity.

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Ever hear of "kow tow"ing to China? It seems to be still going on today.

Maybe if companies would stop caving in and selling out to this totalitarian bully, I'd respect them more.

Lost a lot of respect for the NBA, Apple, movie studios, and whatever other spineless group compromised their integrity.

*Mad respect for South Park* They're one of the few and brave who still adhere to the true American spirit.

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One of the great things about South Park, and what makes them so unique, is that they're neither pro nor anti anything i.e. everyone's fair game (some sort of 'apartisanship'). Long may it continue!

Actually think that a fair few episodes would resonate with the chinese audience, even mainstream. Ppl would quickly/eventually realise that SP are having a go at everyone/everything especially western(ers) and that there's no anti-China agenda.

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You are what you eat. If you are fed stupidity, you are stupid.

Taking in what the CCP feeds you will do that to you.

China has more western movies than the western has Chinese movies. Hollywood sells more movies in China than any other countries on the planet. No one knows that, except Chinese. To the small mind people, a Park is a kingdom.

Well after reading that I do feel stupid, thanks.

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Word has it they are going to make a comic version of the great leap forwards. A caricature with a Pooh like appearance playing the part of Mao.Billy Bragg is tipped to sing the theme song..!

Our favorite Chinese tragic is going to love it as nobody gets to eat anything...!

Nothing stupid about that...!

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China has more western movies than the western has Chinese movies.

How's that dangerous counter revolutionary, Winnie-the-Pooh, doing there?

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Media companies count on ticket sales in China, which is projected to become the world's largest movie market next year, to bolster their bottom lines. And some films, such as recent Oscar winner "Green Book," rely on Chinese investment to make it to the big screen.

That, along with China's limit of 34 imported movies per year, has forced movie and TV studios to shape programming in a way that satisfies Chinese censors without suppressing the creative freedom of producers and writers.

Hollyweird is in the BUSINESS of making movies. In order to make a movie, or TV show, it requires investors. No investors = no movies. Successful movies requires plenty of paying customers. Repeat customers. No customers = no profits. No profits = no investors.

Just like actors, Hollyweird producers, and writers, will say, and do, anything in order to make themselves attractive to those who would invest in the movie BUSINESS. It seems that China has a lot of money to invest in the BUSINESS of movie-making, but they are not going to invest in movies that insult China.

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"China has banned Western entertainment in the past." How stupid is that statement.

China has more western movies than the western has Chinese movies. Hollywood sells more movies in China than any other countries on the planet. No one knows that, except Chinese. To the small mind people, a Park is a kingdom.

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You are what you eat. If you are fed stupidity, you are stupid.

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I don't mind when future China is show "saving the day" and working productively with other countries.

Showing what could be accomplished is good. It isn't just movies. A number of fiction books I've read also show similar plot lines.

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I love South Park even more than ever after this episode!

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South Park is digging in deep. As they always have.

They've accepted that they are now not part of the Chinese market.

The other side of that is now South Park will now become a focal point for people in China who dream of freedom.

Who would have ever thought that, 20-something seasons ago when South Park first started and the 3rd graders were worried about anal probes from aliens.

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https://southpark.cc.com/full-episodes/s23e02-band-in-china

Funny!

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