Opinion: In China, Movie Villains Don't Get Away
Beware of spoilers. This article may contain movie endings you haven't seen. Especially if you live in China.
Reuters reports that government censors have issued a new notice to take down Minions. About the movie "Rise of the Puppy". Sergeant China added a message to the audience that the supervillain Wild Knuckles had been arrested and imprisoned for 20 years and that Gru had returned to a quiet life, instead of letting Gru and Wild Knuckles, the film's antiheroes, escape. from the authorities and left with a smile. . With his family.
China shows a limited number of foreign films, many of which have their endings cut or changed so as not to undermine the films' official status.
Undermining fuels the plots of many great movies, from The Godfather to Breathless, Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid, and The Hooded Boys.
But a story like this in China doesn't just get a low rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
You may be wondering what new endings can be added to some popular movies to make them more censored.
"'Jaws' ends not with a shark sinking a ship and then exploding in an air tank, but with a sign telling viewers that it was released into the waters off the coast of Australia."
At the end of Kurosawa's book Rashomon, which tells the story from four different points of view, officials can add an afterword that reads, "But the CCP's point of view is always correct."
The icon on the screen may announce that Paddington Bear has been arrested for getting into the jam. Or that Principal Rooney suspended Ferris Bueller for the loophole and sent him to school. But Ferris is forgiving of his mistakes and happy to be a loyal and productive member of society.
And if Casablanca is shown in China today, the new ending could be Rick's conversation with Elsie. All the heroes then entered Rick's Café singing a moving hymn with tears in their eyes.
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