Hollywood Sold Out to China

Not sure why chuckee's comment here is dead. The point he makes is accurate:

>The common theme in these stories is that China presents a mostly united front (enforced by the CCP when necessary), while Western companies remain divided, even pitted against each-other [1], and are turned into beachheads for CCP influence.

>[1] Chinese government, which oversees the country’s entertainment industry, imposes a quota on international movies—34 a year [..] Foreign studios, Schwartz told me, lobby fiercely for their titles to be allowed entry.

The common theme in these stories is that China presents a mostly united front (enforced by the CCP when necessary), while Western companies remain divided, even pitted against each-other [1], and are turned into beachheads for CCP influence.

[1] Chinese government, which oversees the country’s entertainment industry, imposes a quota on international movies—34 a year [..] Foreign studios, Schwartz told me, lobby fiercely for their titles to be allowed entry.

Doesn't Hollywood exist to sell out? To patriotic Americans, to adolescents intoxicated by hormones or adrenaline, to men and women attracted to the opposite sex but wishing it were a little more sensitive or a little more easy-going? Or are all the movies that I have in mind made out of deep artistic conviction?